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Dentalium leve

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Dentalium leve Stephenson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusDentalium
speciesleveStephenson 1923

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 leve Stephenson 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (101 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Texas) Dentalium leve (211326 225659 225660 225661 225662 225668 225692)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Dentalium leve (4581 4593 4594 4596 4597 4598 4599 4601 4603 4604 4607 4608 7495)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Dentalium leve (4378 4379 4380)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) Dentalium leve (4390)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Dentalium leve (4101)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Dentalium leve (4238 4244 4246 4285 4286 4322 4325 4327 4328 4329)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Dentalium leve (4265 4267 4269 4277 4282 4300 4301 4302 4313 4335 4337)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Dentalium leve (4418 4421 4422 4423 4426 4427 4431 4434 4435 4437 4440 4441 4443 4444 4445 4446 4447 4448 4453 4454 4455 4456 4457 4460 4465 4466 4467 4477 4490 4500 5554 5556 5557 5558 5560 5561 5562 5567 5568)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Dentalium leve (4237)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Dentalium leve (4364 4365 4366 4367 4368 4369 4370 4371 4372 4373 4374)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Dentalium leve (4123 4127)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) Dentalium leve (4344 4353)