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Verrill, 1885
Dentalium laqueatum
Reticulate Tusk Shell
Phylum:
Mollusca
Taxonomy
Class:
Scaphopoda
Order:
Dentaliida
Family:
Dentaliidae
ANSP 200150
Shell Information
Length (mm): 85
Chirality:
N/A
Description:
Ecological Information
Distribution:
North Carolina to British Guiana
Depth (m):
10 to 400 meters
Diet:
Habitat:
mud or muds mixed with sands
Works Cited
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase.�Dentalium laqueatum�Verrill, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344159 on 2021-12-16
Kraeuter, J. N. (1972). A TAXONOMIC AND DISTRIBUTIONAL STUDY OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC DENTALIIDAE (MOLLUSCA: SCAPHOPODA). University of Delaware.
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