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Dentalium neohexagonum

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry
1931Dentalium neohexagonum Grant, IV and Gale p. 436
1950Dentalium neohexagonum Woodring and Bramlette
1959Dentalium neohexagonum Addicott and Emerson p. 16
2021Dentalium neohexagonum Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusDentalium
speciesneohexagonumSharp and Pilsbry 1897

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 neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry 1897
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Dentalium neohexagonum (97230)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Dentalium neohexagonum (214256 214257 214260 214262 214263 214264 214265 214267 214274)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Dentalium neohexagonum (200398 200403)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Dentalium hexagonum (186031)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806USA (California) Dentalium neohexagonum (214255)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Dentalium neohexagonum (189765)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Dentalium neohexagonum (201624)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Dentalium neohexagonum (96592 96593)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Dentalium hexagonum (222664) Dentalium neohexagonum (71053 71054 138723 203108 222995) Dentalium pseudohexagonum, Dentalium hexagonum (222663)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Dentalium hexagonum (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Dentalium neohexagonum (52347 67613 67641 67642 67643 67644)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Dentalium hexagonum (222659 222661 222662 222674) Dentalium neohexagonum (59063 96566 96895 96936 96937 160361 203417 219029 219030) Dentalium pseudohexagonum, Dentalium hexagonum (222660)