Dentaliida
Dentaliida is one of the two orders of scaphopod mollusks, commonly known as elephant's tusk shells. The order Dentaliida contains most of the larger scaphopods, and is distinguished from the other order (the Gadilidae) by the shape of its shell (the dentaliid shell tapers uniformly from anterior to posterior; the gadilid one has an anterior shell opening slightly smaller than the shell's widest point), the shape of the foot (the dentaliid foot is boat-shaped with a central trough; the gadilid foot is star-shaped), and the arrangement of some of their internal organs.
8 branches of this order, most-observed first
Dentaliidae
familyDentaliidae
Fustiariidae
familyFustiariidae
Rhabdidae
familyRhabdidae
Laevidentaliidae
familyLaevidentaliidae
Gadilinidae
familyGadilinidae
Anulidentaliidae
familyAnulidentaliidae
Eboreidentidae
familyEboreidentidae
Omniglyptidae
familyOmniglyptidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 70101.