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Dentaliidae

Appolloni, Massimo;Smriglio, Carlo;Amati, Bruno;Lugliè, Lorenzo;Nofroni, Italo;Tringali, Lionello P.;Mariottini, Paolo;Oliverio, Marco

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Dentaliidae

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Dentaliidae is a family of relatively large tusk shells, scaphopod mollusks in the order Dentaliida.

Species

tusks

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassScaphopoda
  4. OrderDentaliida
  5. FamilyDentaliidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded77,424

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,937
With media
34
Family
Dentaliidae
Collections
LACM
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Dentaliida
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taxon rank
family
Commons category
Dentaliidae
taxon name
Dentaliidae
topic's main category
Category:Dentaliidae
taxonomic type
Dentalium
taxon common name
Elefantenzähne
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Genera
  • References

Dentaliidae is a family of relatively large tusk shells, scaphopod mollusks in the order Dentaliida.

==Genera== Antalis H. & A. Adams, 1854 Coccodentalium Sacco, 1896 Compressidentalium Habe, 1963 Dentalium Linnaeus, 1758 Eudentalium Cotton & Godfrey, 1933 Fissidentalium Fischer, 1885 Graptacme Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897 Paradentalium Cotton & Godfrey, 1933 Pictodentalium Palmer, 1974 Plagioglypta Pilsbry in Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897 Schizodentalium Sowerby, 1894 Striodentalium Habe, 1964 Tesseracme Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897

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