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Dentalium octogonum

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
D. agassizi, D. alazanum, D. angsananum, D. aratum, D. arcotinum, D. arctum, D. ashiyaensis, D. atratum, D. attenuatum, D. bifrons, D. bitubatum, D. bocasense, D. caduloide, D. californicum, D. cannaliculatum, D. cazadorianum, D. cooperi, D. cossmannianum, D. decoratum, D. denotatum, D. dumblei, D. giganteum, D. gonatodes, D. gracilis, D. hamatum, D. hanguense, D. hecetaensis, D. indianum, D. junghuhni, D. klipsteini, D. laeve, D. laevigatum, D. laqueatum, D. latisulcatum, D. leve, D. lombardicum, D. mancorens, D. microstria, D. minutistriatum, D. montense, D. moreanum, D. multicanaliculatum, D. nanaimoense, D. neohexagonum, D. numerosum, D. ovale, D. porterensis, D. pseudonyma (syn. D. petricola, D. conradi), D. radiolineata, D. rimosum, D. rugiferum, D. sacheri, D. sandbergeri, D. schencki, D. schlosseri, D. simile, D. solidum, D. sorbii, D. soriense, D. speyeri, D. stentor, D. stramineum, D. subcompressum, D. sundkrogensis, D. tenuicostatum, D. tenuistriatum, D. tornatissimum, D. triquetrum, D. vacavillensis, D. yasilum

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusDentalium
speciesoctogonum

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 11.60800 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Papua New Guinea Dentalium octogonum (78302 78304 78307)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Dentalium octogonum (78263)