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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:  
                               Species Dentalium agassizi Pilsbry and Sharp, 1897 – stained tuskshell 
                               Species Dentalium americanum Chenu, 1843 – American tuskshell 
                               Species Dentalium antillarum D'Orbigny, 1842  
                               Species Dentalium bartletti Henderson, 1920  
                               Species Dentalium calamus Dall, 1889  
                               Species Dentalium callipeplum Dall, 1889  
                               Species Dentalium callithrix Dall, 1889  
                               Species Dentalium carduum Dall, 1889  
                               Species Dentalium ceratum (Dall, 1881)  
                               Species Dentalium circumcinctum Watson, 1879  
                               Species Dentalium dalli Pilsbry and Sharp, 1897  
                               Species Dentalium ensiculus Jeffereys, 1877  
                               Species Dentalium floridense J. B. Henderson, 1920  
                               Species Dentalium gouldii Dall, 1889 – gould tuskshell 
                               Species Dentalium inversum Deshayes, 1825  
                               Species Dentalium laqueatum A. E. Verrill, 1885 – reticulate tuskshell 
                               Species Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry, 1897 – hexagon tuskshell 
                               Species Dentalium occidentale Stimpson, 1851  
                               Species Dentalium ophiodon Dall, 1881  
                               Species Dentalium perlongum Dall, 1881  
                               Species Dentalium pilsbryi Rehder, 1942  
                               Species Dentalium pretiosum Sowerby, 1860  
                               Species Dentalium rebeccaense Henderson, 1920  
                               Species Dentalium rectius Carpenter, 1864  
                               Species Dentalium stenochizum Pilsbry and Sharp, 1897  
                               Species Dentalium taphrium Dall, 1889  
                               Species Dentalium texasianum Philippi, 1848  
                               Species Dentalium tubulatum Henderson, 1920  
                               Species Dentalium 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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