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Dentalium  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82118

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2005   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassScaphopoda Bronn, 1862 – tusk shells, scaphopodes, dentálio, scafópode  
                   OrderDentaliida da Costa, 1776  
                      SuperfamilyDentalioidea   
                         FamilyDentaliidae Children, 1834  
                            GenusDentalium Linnaeus, 1758  
    Direct Children:  
                               SpeciesDentalium agassizi Pilsbry and Sharp, 1897 – stained tuskshell 
                               SpeciesDentalium americanum Chenu, 1843 – American tuskshell 
                               SpeciesDentalium antillarum D'Orbigny, 1842  
                               SpeciesDentalium bartletti Henderson, 1920  
                               SpeciesDentalium calamus Dall, 1889  
                               SpeciesDentalium callipeplum Dall, 1889  
                               SpeciesDentalium callithrix Dall, 1889  
                               SpeciesDentalium carduum Dall, 1889  
                               SpeciesDentalium ceratum (Dall, 1881)  
                               SpeciesDentalium circumcinctum Watson, 1879  
                               SpeciesDentalium dalli Pilsbry and Sharp, 1897  
                               SpeciesDentalium ensiculus Jeffereys, 1877  
                               SpeciesDentalium floridense J. B. Henderson, 1920  
                               SpeciesDentalium gouldii Dall, 1889 – gould tuskshell 
                               SpeciesDentalium inversum Deshayes, 1825  
                               SpeciesDentalium laqueatum A. E. Verrill, 1885 – reticulate tuskshell 
                               SpeciesDentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry, 1897 – hexagon tuskshell 
                               SpeciesDentalium occidentale Stimpson, 1851  
                               SpeciesDentalium ophiodon Dall, 1881  
                               SpeciesDentalium perlongum Dall, 1881  
                               SpeciesDentalium pilsbryi Rehder, 1942  
                               SpeciesDentalium pretiosum Sowerby, 1860  
                               SpeciesDentalium rebeccaense Henderson, 1920  
                               SpeciesDentalium rectius Carpenter, 1864  
                               SpeciesDentalium stenochizum Pilsbry and Sharp, 1897  
                               SpeciesDentalium taphrium Dall, 1889  
                               SpeciesDentalium texasianum Philippi, 1848  
                               SpeciesDentalium tubulatum Henderson, 1920  
                               SpeciesDentalium vallicolens Raymond, 1904 – trench tuskshell 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Dentalium   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Steiner, Gerhard, and Alan R. Kabat   
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalogue of supraspecific taxa of Scaphopoda (Mollusca)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoosystema, vol. 23, no. 3   
  Page(s): 433-460   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1280-9551   
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