Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Scaphopoda > Order Gadilida > Suborder Entalimorpha > Family Entalinidae > Genus Entalina

Entalina tetragona (Brocchi, 1814)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Dentalium Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Entalina*	Monterosato, 1872	accepted genus name
*Dentalium (Entalina)*	Monterosato, 1872	synonym

Species group names

*Dentalium quinquangulare*	Forbes, 1844	synonym
*Entalina quinquangularis*	(Forbes, 1844)	synonym
*Entalina viallii*	Caprotti, 1962	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Entalina tetragona (Brocchi, 1814). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139691