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Dentalium (Fissidentalium)

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Dentalium (Fissidentalium) Fischer p. 894
1976Dentalium (Fissidentalium) Moore p. 41
1984Dentalium (Fissidentalium) Moore p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusDentalium
subgenusFissidentaliumFischer 1885

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.

Subg. †Dentalium (Fissidentalium) Fischer 1885
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Diagnosis
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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 Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 38.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Dentalium laneensis (194561)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Dentalium laneensis (205200)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Dentalium laneensis (38936 38940 38943 38985 38988 38989 38991 38992 38993 38994 38999 39000 39002 39003 39004 39005 39009 39025 39032) Fissidentalium laneensis (233549)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Oregon) Dentalium laneensis (37697 37699 37818 37823 37825)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (California) Dentalium laneensis (72406 72407 219731)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Oregon) Dentalium laneensis (37681 37691 37692 37694)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Dentalium sokkohensis (70086)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Dentalium armillatum (93058)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Dentalium magnificum (42283)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Dentalium grandanum (60699 60702)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Dentalium esmeraldum (131332 131334) Dentalium esmeraldum, Dentalium sp. (131293)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Dentalium esmeraldum (60771 60772)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Dentalium buricum (66777)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Costa Rica Dentalium buricum (66797)