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Fissidentalium mantelli

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Taxonomy
Dentalium mantelli was named by Zittel (1865) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Australia-New Zealand.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Entalis mantelli by Tate (1887); it was recombined as Fissidentalium mantelli by Maxwell (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Dentalium buricum, F. gracilocostatum, F. yokoyamai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Dentalium mantelli Zittel p. 45 figs. table 13, fig. 7
1887Entalis mantelli Tate p. 190
2009Fissidentalium mantelli Maxwell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusFissidentaliumFischer 1885
speciesmantelli(Zittel 1865)

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.

†Fissidentalium mantelli Zittel 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available