MolluscaBase taxon details
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. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 page(s): 785 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Dentalium striolatum W. Stimpson, 1851) Stimpson, W. (1851). On several new species of shells from the northern coast of New England. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 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). <i>British conchology</i>. 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). <i>British conchology</i>. 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. <em>United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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). Zoosystema. 26(4): 549-726., available online at http://web.archive.org/web/20070315080136/http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/3271_z04n4a1.pdf [details]
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Type locality Atlantic Ocean, without a precise locality [details]From other sources
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]
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Danish |
almindelig søtand |
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Dutch |
olifantstandjegladde olifantstand |
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English |
tusk shell [from synonym] |
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French |
dentale de Stimpson [from synonym]dentale [from synonym] |
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