Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Scaphopoda > Order Dentaliida > Family Dentaliidae

Dentalium Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Dentalium reevei Fischer, 1871
Dentalium tomlini Melvill, 1918

Dutch: olifantstand

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Steiner G. & Kabat A.R. (2001). Catalogue of supraspecific taxa of Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema 23 (3): 433-460.

Scarabino, V.; Gofas, S. (2014). Dentalium. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137886