CaRMS taxon details
original description
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , 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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source
Morton J.E. 1959. The habits and feeding organs of <i>Dentalium entalis</i>. <i>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom</i> 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 http://web.archive.org/web/20070315080136/http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/3271_z04n4a1.pdf [details]
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Type locality Atlantic Ocean, without a precise locality [details]From other sources
Diet feed on mainly foraminiferans [details]
Dimensions general, tusk shells range from less than 5 mm to 90 mm [details]
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 [details]
Habitat shelf to bathyal [details]
Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate, fertilization is external [details]
Language | Name | |
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Danish |
almindelig søtand |
[details] |
Dutch |
gladde olifantstand |
[details] |
English |
tusk shell [from synonym]North European elephant tuskcommon elephant tusk |
[details] |
French |
dentale de Stimpson [from synonym] |
[details] |
German |
NordeuropäischeElefantenzahnschnecke |
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