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Dentalium cossmannianum

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Dentalium cossmannianum Pilsbry and Sharp p. 467 figs. pl. 10, fig. 11
1925Dentalium cossmannianum Mansfield p. 62

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusDentalium
speciescossmannianumPilsbry and Sharp 1897

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.

Dentalium cossmannianum Pilsbry and Sharp 1897
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-11 12:33:07
Modified: 2009-10-11 14:33:57
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 15.97000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Trinidad and Tobago Dentalium cossmannianum (74920)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Dentalium cossmannianum (58522 69090 69094)