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Antalis entalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Scaphopoda (Class)
  5. Dentaliida (Order)
  6. Dentaliidae (Family)
  7. Antalis (Genus)
  8. Antalis entalis (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) 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 at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 785 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
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: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150534 on 2026-01-13
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Antalis entalis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150534 on 2026-01-13
Date
action
by
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

original description (of ) 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 at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 785 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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. <em>Ruthenica.</em> 14(1): 89-104.
page(s): 90, figs. 1A, 4 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Morton J.E. 1959. The habits and feeding organs of <i>Dentalium entalis</i>. <i>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom</i> 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). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 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] 
 
 Present  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]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
Danish almindelig søtand  [details]
Dutch gladde olifantstand  [details]
English North European elephant tuskcommon elephant tusk  [details]
German NordeuropäischeElefantenzahnschnecke  [details]
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) 
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Antalis entalis) 
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 32 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Antalis entalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Canada, Nova Scotia, George's Bank, by trawling, a... 
To Malacopics (Antalis entalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Norway, Sor-Trondelag, Trondheimfjord, Fevag, at 4... 
To Malacopics (Antalis entalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Norway, Sor-Trondelag, Trondheimfjord, Fevag, at 4... 
To Malacopics (Antalis entalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Sweden, Västra Götaland, Gullmarsfjorden, Gåsklåva... 
To PESI 
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 031573) 
Unreviewed
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