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Class: Scaphopoda
Order: Dentaliida
Family: Dentaliidae

Genus: Dentalium

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71 species (see list below)
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Dentalium aciculum
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Dentalium adenense
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Dentalium agassizi
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific

Dentalium aprinumLinnaeus, 1767

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Dentalium aprinum
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Dentalium austini
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Dentalium bisexangulatum
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Dentalium buccinulum
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Dentalium burtonae
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Dentalium caledonicum
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Dentalium cheverti
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Dentalium clavus
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Dentalium collinsae
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Dentalium congoensis
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Dentalium cookei
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Dentalium crosnieri
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Dentalium curtum
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Dentalium dacostianum
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Dentalium decemcostatum
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Dentalium deforgesi
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Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific

Dentalium elephantinumLinnaeus, 1758

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Dentalium elephantinum
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Dentalium eupatrides
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Dentalium exmouthensis
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Dentalium filosum
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Dentalium floridense
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Dentalium garrardi
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Dentalium goftoni
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Max. Length 1.1 cm SHL
 
Dentalium gouldii
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Dentalium grahami
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Dentalium healyi
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Dentalium hedleyi
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Dentalium hillae
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Dentalium hyperhemileuron
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Dentalium invalidum
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Dentalium javanum
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Dentalium jeanae
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Dentalium jelli
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Dentalium katchekense
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Dentalium kathwayae
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Dentalium kessneri
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Max. Length 6 cm SHL
 
Dentalium laqueatum
[Reticulate tuskshell]
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Max. Length 7.5 cm DL
 
Dentalium lebruni
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Dentalium lessoni
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Dentalium letsonae
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Dentalium leucoryx
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Dentalium lochi
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Southern Pacific and Anta
Max. Length 7.4 cm DL
Dentalium majorinumMabille & Rochebrune, 1889

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Dentalium majorinum
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Dentalium mannarense
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Dentalium mediopacificensis
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Dentalium michelottii
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Dentalium neohexagonum
[Hexagon tuskshell]
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Dentalium obscurum
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Dentalium obtusum
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Dentalium octangulatum
[Octangular tusk shell]
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Dentalium oerstedii
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Dentalium oryx
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Dentalium pluricostatum
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Dentalium potteri
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Dentalium rebeccaense
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Dentalium reevei
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Dentalium regulare
[Regular tusk shell]
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Dentalium robustum
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Dentalium rowei
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Dentalium scarabinoi
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Dentalium strigatum
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Dentalium stumkatae
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Dentalium texasianum
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Dentalium tomlini
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Dentalium vallicolens
[Trench tuskshell]
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Dentalium variabile
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Dentalium wellsi
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Dentalium woolacottae
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