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However, it was considered at that time to be very rare, and in lieu of that, another shell was usually substituted. This was described as a multi-colored shell found in the sand where the tide had fallen; this shell was not channeled, or fluted. The large green shell to which the writer first refers must have been either
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species is entirely within the shell. The foot extends from the larger end of the shell, and is used to burrow through the substrate. They position their head down in the substrate, with the apical end of the shell (at the rear of the animal's body) projecting up into the water. These molluscs live
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The shells are conical and curved in a planispiral way, and they are usually whitish in color. Because of these characteristics, the shell somewhat resembles a miniature elephant's tusk. They are hollow and open at both ends; the opening at the larger end is the main or anterior aperture of the
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in London in the 18th century as being "of a tubular, or conical form, about 3 inches long; of a shining, greenish white; hollow; light, and divided lengthwise by parallel lines, running from top to bottom. It is about the thickness of a feather, and bears some resemblance to a canine tooth."
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Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius:
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Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European
Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50:
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have described 'Exceptional grave deposits of
Dentalium headbands found on the heads of several females...In Burial 274, the headband was made of woven rows of small dentalium and closed by two straps used as a clasp'.
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Habe, T. (1963). A classification of the scaphopod mollusks found in Japan and adjacent areas. Bulletin of the
National Science Museum Tokyo. 6(3): 252–281, pls 37–38.
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Leach, B. F. (1977). Dentalium shell in New
Zealand archaeological sites. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 7(4), 473-483.
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270:· accepted, alternate representation
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2628:Extant Silurian first appearances
2278:Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM
2112:"Archaeological Site of Mehrgarh"
1463:Extinct species within the genus
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485:Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
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285:Cotton & Godfrey, 1933
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2072:Oxford English Dictionary
1819:Cossmann and Lambert 1884
1043:Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897
958:Steiner & Kabat, 2004
731:Sharp & Pilsbry, 1897
691:Sharp & Pilsbry, 1897
522:Species within the genus
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407:Excavations conducted by
282:Dentalium (Paradentalium)
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1897:Dentalium tornatissimum
1888:Dentalium tenuistriatum
1879:Dentalium sundkrogensis
1582:Dentalium cossmannianum
1290:Pilsbry and Sharp, 1897
1190:Dentalium pluricostatum
1096:Sharp and Pilsbry, 1897
1073:Pilsbry and Sharp, 1897
1022:Pilsbry and Sharp, 1897
910:Adams & Reeve, 1850
852:Dentalium entale entale
761:Pilsbry and Sharp, 1897
677:Dentalium circumcinctum
557:Pilsbry and Sharp, 1897
1792:Pilsbry and Sharp 1898
1765:Sharp and Pilsbry 1897
1762:Dentalium neohexagonum
1747:Briart and Cornet 1889
1708:Dentalium latisulcatum
1585:Pilsbry and Sharp 1897
1200:Dentalium poindimiense
1170:Dentalium peitaihoense
1113:Dentalium octangulatum
1092:Dentalium neohexagonum
1059:Dentalium malekulaense
1039:Dentalium magellanicum
1028:Dentalium longitrorsum
825:Dentalium elephantinum
751:G. B. Sowerby II, 1860
491:Dentalium elephantinum
423:Dentalium neohexagonum
122:Dentalium octangulatum
2556:Paleobiology Database
2272:Scarabino V., (1995)
2260:Paleobiology Database
2129:Joseph, Tony (2018).
1816:Dentalium sandbergeri
1717:Dentalium lombardicum
1690:Dentalium kansasense
1654:Dentalium hecetaensis
1474:Dentalium akasakensis
1375:Dentalium vallicolens
1286:Dentalium stenochizum
1265:Dentalium senegalense
1231:Dentalium rebeccaense
1103:Dentalium occidentale
1069:Dentalium meridionale
900:J. B. Henderson, 1920
624:Dentalium callipeplum
510:, which is native to
409:Jean-François Jarrige
265:Dentalium (Dentalium)
1969:Dentalium sexangulum
1906:Dentalium triquetrum
1834:Dentalium sexangulum
1789:Dentalium pseudonyma
1735:Dentalium microstria
1699:Dentalium klipsteini
1681:Dentalium junghuhni
1528:Dentalium attenuatum
1492:Dentalium angsananum
1453:(R. B. Watson, 1879)
1421:Dentalium zelandicum
1339:Dentalium texasianum
1013:Reticulate tuskshell
917:Dentalium glaucarena
896:Dentalium floridense
637:Dentalium callithrix
575:Dentalium antillarum
564:Dentalium americanum
451:Coromandel Peninsula
396:, ornaments made of
312:of tooth shells or
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1807:Dentalium rugiferum
1771:Dentalium neornatum
1726:Dentalium mancorens
1663:Dentalium inaequale
1645:Dentalium hanguense
1627:Dentalium gonatodes
1618:Dentalium giganteum
1609:Dentalium denotatum
1600:Dentalium decoratum
1564:Dentalium caduloide
1555:Dentalium bocasense
1510:Dentalium arcotinum
1365:Dentalium tubulatum
1306:Dentalium stumkatae
1296:Dentalium strigatum
1260:Half-scratched tusk
1220:Dentalium pretiosum
1157:Dentalium perlongum
1124:Dentalium oerstedii
1049:Dentalium majorinum
1011:A. E. Verrill, 1885
1007:Dentalium laqueatum
984:Dentalium humboldti
842:Dentalium ensiculus
815:Dentalium ecostatum
767:Dentalium debitusae
737:Dentalium crosnieri
717:Dentalium congoense
707:Dentalium collinsae
601:Dentalium bartletti
1825:Dentalium schencki
1753:Dentalium moreanum
1744:Dentalium montense
1672:Dentalium indianum
1483:Dentalium alazanum
1441:Dentalium diarrhox
1386:Dentalium vernedei
1326:Dentalium taphrium
1276:Dentalium sowerbyi
1180:Dentalium pilsbryi
1134:Dentalium ophiodon
994:Dentalium inversum
906:Dentalium formosum
687:Dentalium cheverti
570:American tuskshell
553:Dentalium agassizi
543:Dentalium adenense
533:Dentalium aciculum
295:(a junior synonym)
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2478:iNaturalist
2372:Wikispecies
2153:Hogan, 2008
2066:"dentalium"
2038:Fossils of
1999:Fossils of
1918:Olsson 1930
1891:Martin 1879
1855:Hutton 1873
1729:Olsson 1930
1684:Martin 1879
1639:Forbes 1846
1630:Martin 1885
1558:Olsson 1922
1513:Forbes 1846
1495:Martin 1922
1416:Common tusk
1300:Gould, 1859
1128:Mörch, 1861
1032:Reeve, 1842
721:Plate, 1908
568:Chenu, 1843
537:Gould, 1859
442:New Zealand
390:Balochistan
350:Description
328:Dentaliidae
314:tusk shells
308:is a large
252:Perry, 1811
199:Dentaliidae
2617:Categories
2087:required.)
2051:References
2020:. Bottom:
2003:. Pliocene
1983:Fossil of
1971:. Pliocene
1967:Fossil of
1937:Cretaceous
1828:Moore 1963
1783:Cooke 1928
1720:Kittl 1899
1702:Kittl 1891
1675:Girty 1911
1666:Bronn 1831
1594:Meyer 1885
1486:Cooke 1928
810:Ivory tusk
386:Bolan Pass
376:South Asia
342:, meaning
293:Habe, 1963
277:Habe, 1963
257:Dentalites
189:Dentaliida
179:Scaphopoda
2623:Dentalium
2405:Dentalium
2392:Dentalium
2378:Dentalium
2348:Dentalium
2202:Q58677384
2186:0067-0464
2180:: 19–60.
2040:Dentalium
1987:. Miocene
1929:Dentalium
1909:Tate 1887
1900:Tate 1899
1864:King 1850
1801:Bose 1906
1711:Tate 1899
1567:Dall 1892
1549:Tate 1887
1522:Tate 1887
1504:Tate 1887
1467:include:
1465:Dentalium
1246:Carpenter
580:D'Orbigny
526:include:
524:Dentalium
436:Morro Bay
434:, in the
371:Human use
356:Dentalium
334:Etymology
321:scaphopod
305:Dentalium
210:Dentalium
155:Kingdom:
149:Eukaryota
32:Dentalium
2357:Wikidata
2198:Wikidata
2194:42906401
2166:(1990).
1933:Silurian
1648:Cox 1930
1531:Say 1824
1344:Philippi
999:Deshayes
885:Linnaeus
858:Linnaeus
830:Linnaeus
782:Linnaeus
593:Linnaeus
394:Pakistan
382:Mehrgarh
324:molluscs
249:Dentalia
240:Synonyms
227:Species
216:Linnaeus
195:Family:
169:Mollusca
165:Phylum:
159:Animalia
145:Domain:
42:- Recent
40:Silurian
2595:ZooBank
2496:1285852
2470:2284736
2324:Holmiae
2303:"Blain"
2296::
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1954:Gallery
1948:fossils
1945:Miocene
671:, 1881)
518:Species
205:Genus:
185:Order:
175:Class:
2587:137886
2548:901178
2483:172082
2457:1DENTG
2363:Q76942
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2044:Huelva
1941:Eocene
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1346:, 1848
1333:, 1889
1248:, 1864
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1086:, 1873
1084:Hutton
1001:, 1825
937:, 1889
924:, 1953
808:, 1846
806:Conrad
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657:, 1889
644:, 1889
631:, 1889
618:, 1889
595:, 1766
582:, 1842
479:, and
477:alkali
438:area.
340:dentis
318:marine
2582:WoRMS
2569:Plazi
2535:39427
2509:82118
2491:IRMNG
2444:50290
2431:7NVRL
2190:JSTOR
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2015:Top:
1926:genus
447:Māori
344:tooth
310:genus
2561:8172
2530:NCBI
2504:ITIS
2465:GBIF
2452:EPPO
2418:2275
2413:BOLD
2235:ITIS
2182:ISSN
2135:ISBN
1943:and
1402:Sars
1357:Dell
1331:Dall
1162:Dall
1139:Dall
935:Dall
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889:1758
862:1758
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669:Dall
655:Dall
642:Dall
629:Dall
616:Dall
220:1758
47:PreꞒ
2517:NBN
2439:EoL
2426:CoL
2400:AFD
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494:or
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380:At
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