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Dentalium (Fissidentalium)

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)83839https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=83839
Ranksubgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Scaphopoda : Dentaliida : Dentaliidae : Dentalium : Dentalium (Fissidentalium)
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusDentaliumLinnaeus 1758
subgenusDentalium (Fissidentalium)Fischer 1885
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Dentalium (Fissidentalium)subgenusbelongs to Dentaliumstated with evidenceFischer, 1885
Dentalium (Fissidentalium)subgenusbelongs to Dentaliumstated without evidenceMoore, 1976
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Motilityslow-moving (based on Dentaliida)
Visionblind (based on Scaphopoda)
Dietdeposit feeder (based on Dentaliida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Scaphopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)N.H. Ludbrook. 1956. The molluscan fauna of the Pliocene strata underlying the Adelaide Plains. Part III - Scaphopoda, Polyplacophora, Gastropoda (Haliotidae-Tornidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 79:1-36

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Dentalium (Fissidentalium) laneensis
species
listed (PBDB)3248.6 Ma
Eocene
28.1 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

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

References

Ludbrook N.H. (1956) The molluscan fauna of the Pliocene strata underlying the Adelaide Plains. Part III - Scaphopoda, Polyplacophora, Gastropoda (Haliotidae-Tornidae), Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 79, 1-36
Moore E. J. (1976) Oligocene marine mollusks from the Pittsburg Bluff Formation in Oregon, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 922, 1-66
Moore E. J. (1984) Molluscan paleontology and biostratigraphy of the Lower Miocene upper part of the Lincoln Creek Formation in southwestern Washington, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 351, 1-42
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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