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Dentalium

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Taxonomy
Dentalium was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes R Sepkoski's reference number: 888]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scaphopoda by Mansfield (1925), Perrilliat (1992) and Sepkoski (2002); to Dentaloidea by Rohr et al. (2006); and to Dentaliidae by Stanton (1895), Martin (1904), Nagao (1928), Oostingh (1935), Turner (1938), Gardner (1947), Harris and Palmer (1947), Marasti (1973), Moore (1976), Moore (1984), Squires (1984), Pugaczewska (1984), Kensley and Pether (1986), Squires (1987), Squires and Demetrion (1992), Wienrich (1999), Wells and Houston (2001) and Reynolds and Steiner (2008).

Species
D. (Dentalium), D. (Fissidentalium), D. (Graptacme), D. (Laevidentalium), D. (Pseudantilis), 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. cooperi, D. cossmannianum, D. decoratum, D. denotatum, D. dumblei, D. giganteum, D. gonatodes, 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. neohexagonum, D. ovale, D. porterensis, D. pseudonyma (syn. D. conradi, D. petricola), 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
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. amaliense, D. angulare, D. arciforme, D. bothrum, D. buricum, D. callipeplum, D. chipolanum, D. dijki, D. diopon, D. elongatum, D. entale, D. equisetum, D. ewekoroense, D. gabbi, D. guineense, D. inornatum, D. intercalatum, D. kickxi, D. majus, D. marwicki, D. matanzasense, D. mediaviense, D. michelotti, D. morganianum, D. multistrictum, D. nanaimoense, D. nigeriense, D. nunomae, D. octogonum, D. oerstedi, D. opaculum, D. palmerae, D. palmerae, D. paulini, D. regulare, D. regulare, D. sexangulum, D. sublineatum, D. sulcosum, D. thalloides, D. thalloides, D. thaloides, D. uscarinanum, D. varicostata, D. vitreum, D. weinkauffi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Dentalium Linnaeus p. 785
1895Dentalium Stanton p. 62
1904Dentalium Martin p. 271
1925Dentalium Mansfield p. 62
1928Dentalium Nagao p. 88
1935Dentalium Oostingh p. 120
1938Dentalium Turner p. 96
1947Dentalium Gardner p. 624
1947Dentalium Harris and Palmer p. 209
1973Dentalium Marasti p. 113
1976Dentalium Moore p. 41
1984Dentalium Moore p. 30
1984Dentalium Pugaczewska p. 54
1984Dentalium Squires p. 15
1986Dentalium Kensley and Pether p. 209
1987Dentalium Squires p. 20
1992Dentalium Perrilliat p. 28
1992Dentalium Squires and Demetrion p. 25
1999Dentalium Wienrich p. 263
2001Dentalium Wells and Houston p. 95
2002Dentalium Sepkoski
2006Dentalium Rohr et al.
2008Dentalium Reynolds and Steiner p. 147 figs. Table 7.1

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

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.

G. Dentalium Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Dentalium (Fissidentalium) Fischer 1885
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Subg. Dentalium (Graptacme) Pilsbry and Sharpe 1897
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Subg. Dentalium (Pseudantilis) Monterosato 1884
†Dentalium alazanum Cooke 1928
†Dentalium angsananum Martin 1922
†Dentalium aratum Tate 1887
†Dentalium arcotinum Forbes 1846
†Dentalium arctum Pichler 1857
†Dentalium ashiyaensis Nagao 1928
†Dentalium atratum Tate 1887
†Dentalium bifrons Tate 1887
†Dentalium bitubatum Meyer 1886
†Dentalium bocasense Olsson 1922
†Dentalium caduloide Dall 1892
†Dentalium californicum Stanton 1895
†Dentalium cannaliculatum Klipstein 1843
†Dentalium cooperi Gabb 1864
†Dentalium cossmannianum Pilsbry and Sharp 1897
†Dentalium decoratum Münster 1841
†Dentalium denotatum Ludbrook 1956
†Dentalium dumblei Harris 1933
†Dentalium giganteum Sowerby 1846
†Dentalium gonatodes Martin 1885
†Dentalium hamatum Forbes 1846
†Dentalium hanguense Cox 1930
†Dentalium hecetaensis Rohr et al. 2006
†Dentalium indianum Girty 1911
†Dentalium junghuhni Martin 1879
†Dentalium klipsteini Kittl 1891
†Dentalium laeve Schlotheim 1820
†Dentalium laevigatum Ponzi 1876
Dentalium laqueatum Verrill 1885
†Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923
†Dentalium lombardicum Kittl 1899
†Dentalium mancorens Olsson 1930
†Dentalium microstria Heilprin 1880
†Dentalium montense Briart and Cornet 1889
†Dentalium moreanum d'Orbigny 1845
Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry 1897
†Dentalium ovale Cooke 1928
†Dentalium porterensis Weaver 1912
†Dentalium pseudonyma Pilsbry and Sharp 1898
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Invalid names: Dentalium conradi Dall 1909 [synonym], Dentalium petricola Dall 1909 [synonym]
†Dentalium radiolineata Clark 1918
†Dentalium rimosum Bose 1906
†Dentalium rugiferum von Koenen 1885
†Dentalium sacheri Alth 1850
†Dentalium sandbergeri Cossmann and Lambert 1884
†Dentalium schencki Moore 1963
†Dentalium schlosseri Traub 1938
†Dentalium simile Münster 1841
†Dentalium solidum Hutton 1873
†Dentalium sorbii King 1850
†Dentalium soriense Eames 1952
†Dentalium speyeri Geinitz 1852
†Dentalium stentor Anderson and Hanna 1925
†Dentalium stramineum Gabb 1864
†Dentalium sundkrogensis Schnetler 2001
†Dentalium tenuistriatum Martin 1879
†Dentalium triquetrum Tate 1887
†Dentalium vacavillensis Palmer 1923
†Dentalium yasilum Olsson 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available