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Dentalium (Laevidentalium)

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Taxonomy
Dentalium (Laevidentalium) was named by Cossmann (1888) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Laevidentalium by Wienrich (1999), Wells and Houston (2001), Sepkoski (2002) and Reynolds and Steiner (2008).

It was assigned to Dentalium by Cossmann (1888), Oostingh (1935), Harris and Palmer (1947), Gardner (1947) and Squires (1984); to Dentaliidae by Wienrich (1999); to Scaphopoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Laevidentaliidae by Wells and Houston (2001) and Reynolds and Steiner (2008).

Subtaxa
Dentalium (Laevidentalium) calafium, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) danai, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) lacteolum, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) largicrescens, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) lighti, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) pictile, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) pseudorakhiense, Dentalium (Laevidentalium) rakhiense
Species lacking formal opinion data
Dentalium amaliense, Dentalium angulare, Dentalium arciforme, Dentalium bothrum, Dentalium buricum, Dentalium callipeplum, Dentalium chipolanum, Dentalium dijki, Dentalium diopon, Dentalium elongatum, Dentalium entale, Dentalium equisetum, Dentalium ewekoroense, Dentalium gabbi, Dentalium guineense, Dentalium inornatum, Dentalium intercalatum, Dentalium kickxi, Dentalium majus, Dentalium marwicki, Dentalium matanzasense, Dentalium mediaviense, Dentalium michelotti, Dentalium morganianum, Dentalium multistrictum, Dentalium nigeriense, Dentalium nunomae, Dentalium octogonum, Dentalium oerstedi, Dentalium opaculum, Dentalium palmerae, Dentalium palmerae, Dentalium paulini, Dentalium regulare, Dentalium regulare, Dentalium sexangulum, Dentalium sublineatum, Dentalium sulcosum, Dentalium thalloides, Dentalium thalloides, Dentalium thaloides, Dentalium uscarinanum, Dentalium varicostata, Dentalium vitreum, Dentalium weinkauffi, Fustiaria perlongum, Laevidentalium fodinense, Laevidentalium liodon, Laevidentalium perlongum, Laevidentalium venustum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Cossmann p. 7
1935Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Oostingh p. 123
1947Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Gardner p. 627
1947Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Harris and Palmer p. 213
1984Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Squires p. 16
1999Laevidentalium Wienrich p. 264
2001Laevidentalium Wells and Houston p. 112
2002Laevidentalium Sepkoski
2008Laevidentalium Reynolds and Steiner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusDentalium
subgenusLaevidentaliumCossmann 1888

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
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: base of the Norian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 228.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Dentalium regulare (97859)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria Dentalium guineense, Dentalium nigeriense (7791)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0New Zealand Dentalium multistrictum (64701 64704)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Dentalium lighti (122294)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Dentalium calafium (8011 200144 205251 205252)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Dentalium calafium (51922 200845 200852 200853 201693 201700 207148 207149 207151 207174 207176 207177) Dentalium lighti (202094)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Dentalium lighti (194439)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand Dentalium multistrictum (64737)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Fustiaria danai (91115)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Dentalium acicula (42644)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0New Zealand Dentalium multistrictum (64750 64751) Dentalium n. sp. (64739)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Pakistan Dentalium rakhiense (183819 183820 183821 183822 183823 183824) Dentalium rakhiense, Dentalium pseudorakhiense (8676)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Fustiaria danai (90704 164232)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama Dentalium sp. (42531)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Victoria) Dentalium subfissura (71236)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand Dentalium pareoriense (67854)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Panama Dentalium sp. (42558)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Dentalium santarosanum (41760 42222 42290 42328 42482)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Dentalium pareoraense (67897)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Haiti Dentalium pyrum (92454)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Dentalium pyrum (93059 93148)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Dentalium pyrum (145334 145337 145339 145340)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Dentalium longirostrum (70103)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Dentalium lacteolum (166744)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Dentalium haytense (58522)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan Dentalium toyamaense (97028)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Dentalium corscum (88886)