WoRMS

NARMS taxon details

Antalis entalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

150534 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150534)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Antalis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Original name

Dentalium entalis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Antalis entale (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (species name entalis is...)

species name entalis is invariable

Antalis entale stimpsoni (J. B. Henderson, 1920) · unaccepted

Dentalium (Antalis) entale [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)

Dentalium (Antalis) entale stimpsoni J. B. Henderson, 1920 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Dentalium entalis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination (currently placed in genus...)

currently placed in genus Antalis

Dentalium entalis var. anulata Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)

Dentalium entalis var. infundibulum Jeffreys, 1869 · unaccepted (synonym)

Dentalium stimpsoni J. B. Henderson, 1920 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Dentalium striolatum W. Stimpson, 1851 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)

invalid: junior homonym of Dentalium striolatum Risso, 1826; Dentalium (Antalis) entale stimpsoni Henderson, 1920 is a replacement name

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Dentalium entalis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 785 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Antalis entalis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150534 on 2025-07-13

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Antalis entalis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=150534 on 2025-07-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-04 14:40:54Z

created

Claus, Simon

2008-03-12 15:15:40Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

2008-12-22 09:27:02Z

changed

Scarabino, Victor

2023-03-28 08:46:54Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Dentalium entalis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 785 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Dentalium striolatum W. Stimpson, 1851) Stimpson, W. (1851). On several new species of shells from the northern coast of New England. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 4: 113-114., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870823
page(s): 114 [details]

original description (of Dentalium entalis var. infundibulum Jeffreys, 1869) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 197 [details]

original description (of Dentalium entalis var. anulata Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187 [details]

original description (of Dentalium (Antalis) entale stimpsoni J. B. Henderson, 1920) Henderson, J. B. (1920). A monograph of the east American scaphopod mollusks. United States National Museum Bulletin. 111(20): 1-177., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33255
page(s): 35-38, pl. 4, figs 2-4; note: replacement name for Dentalium striolatum Stimpson, 1851, non Risso, 1826 [details]

basis of record Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Ivanov, D. L. & Zarubina, E. M. (2004). Distribution of scaphopod mollusks (Mollusca, Scaphopoda) in the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans, based on materials of Russian and Soviet expeditions. Ruthenica. 14(1): 89-104.
page(s): 90, figs. 1A, 4 [details]

additional source Morton J.E. 1959. The habits and feeding organs of Dentalium entalis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 38(2): 225-238., available online at http://sabella.mba.ac.uk/1985/01/The_habits_and_feeding_organs_of_Dentalium_entalis.pdf [details]

status source Steiner, G.; Kabat, A. R. (2004). Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema. 26 (4): 549-726., available online at https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/26/4/catalogue-des-noms-du-groupe-espece-de-scaphopodes-mollusca-recents-et-fossiles [details]