Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Scaphopoda: Dentaliida: : Dentaliidae

Antalis entalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Range: 60°N to 42°N; 70°W to 45°W
Depth: 8 to 2195 m (live 8 to 48 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 45 mm

Synonymy

Dentalium entalis Linnaeus, 1758
Dentalium striolatum Stimpson, 1851
Dentalium stimpsoni Henderson, 1920

Details

Dentalium entalis Linnaeus, 1758, p. 785-786, Bonan. recr. t. 9; List. conch. 4 f. 2-3; Rumph. mus. t. 41, f. 5; etc.
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: O. Europaeo, Indico
Range: 60°N to 42°N; 70°W to 45°W
Depth: 8 to 48 m (live 8 to 48 m)
Distribution: Greenland: East Greenland; Canada: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts
References: Posselt (1896) NE; Procter (1933) DdLlSW

Dentalium stimpsoni Henderson, 1920,
[Synonym]
Range: 45°N to 42°N; 70°W to 66°W
Depth: 15 to 2195 m
References: Abbott (1974) Dd

Dentalium striolatum Stimpson, 1851c, p. 28, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Casco Bay; Penobscot Bay; off Grand Manan, 40 fathoms; off Isle of Shoals, 20 fathoms; Massachusetts Bay
Maximum Reported Size: 45 mm
References: Stimpson (1851e) M
Comments: Non Risso, 1826.

Partial List of References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].
Stimpson, W. 1851. Shells of New England 59 pp., 2 pls. Phillips, Sampson, and Company: Boston. [Stated date: 25 Nov 1851; true date: pre Dec 16.]

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