invalid: junior homonym of Dentalium striolatum Risso, 1826; Dentalium (Antalis) entale stimpsoni Henderson, 1920 is a replacement name
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(ofDentalium 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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 page(s): 785 [details] Available for editors [request]
Note Atlantic Ocean, without a precise locality
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, without a precise locality [details]
Distribution 60°N to 42°N; 70°W to 45°W, Nova Scotia to Cape Cod, Mass.; Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region); southern Gaspe...
Distribution 60°N to 42°N; 70°W to 45°W, Nova Scotia to Cape Cod, Mass.; Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region); southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), 8 to 2195 m (live 8 to 48 m) [details]
Distribution All coasts, but uncommon in south, not present around Channel Islands
Distribution All coasts, but uncommon in south, not present around Channel Islands [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Antalis entalis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150534 on 2025-07-17
original description(ofDentalium 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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 page(s): 785 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of recordHayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceIvanov, 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. <em>Ruthenica.</em> 14(1): 89-104. page(s): 90, figs. 1A, 4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, without a precise locality [details]
Unreviewed
Diet feed on mainly foraminiferans [details] Dimensions general, tusk shells range from less than 5 mm to 90 mm [details] Distribution 60°N to 42°N; 70°W to 45°W, Nova Scotia to Cape Cod, Mass.; Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region); southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), 8 to 2195 m (live 8 to 48 m) [details] Distribution All coasts, but uncommon in south, not present around Channel Islands [details] Habitat shelf to bathyal [details] Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] Reproduction sexes are separate, fertilization is external [details]