WoRMS

Deep-Sea taxon details

Antalis entalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

150534 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150534)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Antalis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Original name

Dentalium entalis Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 785 [details] Available for editors

Type data

Note Atlantic Ocean, without a precise locality

Type locality Atlantic Ocean, without a precise locality [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution 60°N to 42°N; 70°W to 45°W, Nova Scotia to Cape Cod, Mass.; Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region); southern Gaspe...

Distribution 60°N to 42°N; 70°W to 45°W, Nova Scotia to Cape Cod, Mass.; Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region); southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), 8 to 2195 m (live 8 to 48 m) [details]

Distribution All coasts, but uncommon in south, not present around Channel Islands

Distribution All coasts, but uncommon in south, not present around Channel Islands [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Antalis entalis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150534 on 2025-06-30

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Antalis entalis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150534 on 2025-06-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-04 14:40:54Z

created

Claus, Simon

2008-03-12 15:15:40Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

2008-12-22 09:27:02Z

changed

Scarabino, Victor

2023-03-28 08:46:54Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 785 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Ivanov, D. L. & Zarubina, E. M. (2004). Distribution of scaphopod mollusks (Mollusca, Scaphopoda) in the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans, based on materials of Russian and Soviet expeditions. Ruthenica. 14(1): 89-104.
page(s): 90, figs. 1A, 4 [details]

additional source Morton J.E. 1959. The habits and feeding organs of Dentalium entalis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 38(2): 225-238., available online at http://sabella.mba.ac.uk/1985/01/The_habits_and_feeding_organs_of_Dentalium_entalis.pdf [details]

status source Steiner, G.; Kabat, A. R. (2004). Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema. 26 (4): 549-726., available online at https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/26/4/catalogue-des-noms-du-groupe-espece-de-scaphopodes-mollusca-recents-et-fossiles [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Type locality Atlantic Ocean, without a precise locality [details]

Unreviewed

Diet feed on mainly foraminiferans [details]

Dimensions general, tusk shells range from less than 5 mm to 90 mm [details]

Distribution All coasts, but uncommon in south, not present around Channel Islands [details]

Habitat shelf to bathyal [details]

Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Reproduction sexes are separate, fertilization is external [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Danish	almindelig søtand	[details]
Dutch	gladde olifantstand	[details]
English	North European elephant tuskcommon elephant tusk	[details]
German	NordeuropäischeElefantenzahnschnecke	[details]