Antalis, the Glossary
Antalis is a genus of tusk shells, marine scaphopod mollusks.[1]
Table of Contents
7 relations: Antalis diarrhox, Antalis pretiosa, Antalis vulgaris, Fossil, Genus, Species inquirenda, Tusk shell.
- Dentaliidae
Antalis diarrhox
Antalis diarrhox is a species of tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Dentaliidae. Antalis and Antalis diarrhox are mollusc stubs.
See Antalis and Antalis diarrhox
Antalis pretiosa
Antalis pretiosa (formerly Dentalium pretiosum), commonly known as the Wampum tuskshell or the Indian money tusk is a species of tusk shell in the family Dentaliidae.
See Antalis and Antalis pretiosa
Antalis vulgaris
Antalis vulgaris, commonly known as the common tusk shell, is a species of scaphopods mainly encountered on sandy bottoms from 5 to 1000 meters depth. Antalis and Antalis vulgaris are mollusc stubs.
See Antalis and Antalis vulgaris
Fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Species inquirenda
In biological classification, a species inquirenda is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation.
See Antalis and Species inquirenda
Tusk shell
The tusk shells or tooth shells, technically the Scaphopoda (the scaphopods, from Ancient Greek σκᾰ́φης skáphē "boat" and πούς poús "foot"), are members of a class of shelled marine mollusc with worldwide distribution, and are the only class of exclusively infaunal marine molluscs.
See also
Dentaliidae
- Antalis
- Coccodentalium
- Compressidentalium
- Dentaliidae
- Eudentalium
- Fissidentalium
- Graptacme
- Pictodentalium