Dentalium octangulatum   Donovan, 1803

Octangular tusk shell

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2100
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Scaphopoda | Dentaliida | Dentaliidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 5 - 1380 m (Ref. 1821).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to Japan and New Guinea. Tropical to boreal climates.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Scaphopoda are gonochoric. Fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into free-swimming lecithotrophic trochophore larvae, succeeded by shelled veligers.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Steiner, G. and A.R. Kabat. 2004. (Ref. 1821)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.6 - 18.4, mean 11.4 (based on 794 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.