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Class of shelled marine molluscs
of shelled marine molluscs (invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca), whose members are known as scaphopods (/ˈskæfəˌpɒdz/) and commonly called tusk shells
Tusk_shell
unverified. A weight of 10–50kg is a much more common size. The largest tusk shell Fissidentalium metivieri class range in length 0.5–18 cm (0.20–7.09 in)
Largest_and_heaviest_animals
Jewelry made primarily of seashells
tusk shells (scaphopods). Occasionally shell jewelry is made from the shells of non-marine mollusks such as the shells of land snails, or the shells of
Shell_jewelry
Phylum of invertebrate animals
ancestral mollusc" (see image below). This has a single, "limpet-like" shell on top, which is made of proteins and chitin reinforced with calcium carbonate
Mollusca
Material used in Native American jewelry
to tooth shells or tusk shells used in indigenous jewelry, adornment, and commerce in western Canada and the United States. These tusk shells are a kind
Dentalium_shell
Historical currency using sea shells
several species of tusk shell or scaphopod. The tusk shell is naturally open at both ends, and can easily be strung on a thread. This shell money was valued
Shell_money
Species of mollusc
commonly known as the Wampum tuskshell or the Indian money tusk is a species of tusk shell in the family Dentaliidae. It was first described by George
Antalis_pretiosa
Study of mollusc shells
Polyplacophora (the chitons), and Scaphopoda (the tusk shells). Cephalopods only have small internal shells, with the exception of the Nautiloidea. Some groups
Conchology
Species of mollusc
a species of tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Dentaliidae. As the Latin name implies, the cross section of this shell is hexagonal;
Dentalium_neohexagonum
Exoskeleton of an animal in the phylum Mollusca
phylum Mollusca, which includes snails, clams, tusk shells, and several other classes. Not all shelled molluscs live in the sea; many live on the land
Mollusc_shell
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up tusk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A tusk is an elongated tooth possessed by certain mammals. Tusk may also refer to: Donald Tusk (born 1957)
Tusk_(disambiguation)
Species of mollusc
Antalis vulgaris, commonly known as the common tusk shell, is a species of scaphopods mainly encountered on sandy bottoms from 5 to 1000 meters depth.
Antalis_vulgaris
Species of mollusc
Dentalium longitrorsum is a species of tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Dentaliidae. The shell is a slender and long, about 100mm. It
Dentalium_longitrorsum
Species of mollusc
Costentalina elegans is a species of medium-sized tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusc in the family Entalinidae. It is found in Australia and the Indian
Costentalina_elegans
Species of mollusc
Dentalium gouldii, commonly called the Gould tuskshell, is a species of tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusc in the family Dentaliidae. "WoRMS - World
Dentalium_gouldii
External skeleton of an organism
sea squirts and sea urchins, and the prominent mollusc shell shared by snails, clams, tusk shells, chitons and nautilus. Some vertebrate animals, such as
Exoskeleton
Genus of molluscs
Dentalium is a large genus of tooth shells or tusk shells, marine scaphopod molluscs in the family Dentaliidae. The genus contains 50 described species
Dentalium_(genus)
Species of mollusc
known as a straight tusk shell, is a species of scaphopod, a small marine mollusc native to the coast of central California whose shell, like that of all
Rhabdus_rectius
Species of mollusc
Dentalium ecostatum is a species of tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Dentaliidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand waters. Powell
Dentalium_ecostatum
Species of mollusc
Siphonodentalium colubridens is a tusk shell or scaphopod in the family Gadilidae of the order Dentaliida. This species was described from only one specimen
Siphonodentalium_colubridens
Hard, protective outer layers created by an animal that lives in the sea
snails), scaphopods (or tusk shells), polyplacophorans (or chitons), and cephalopods (such as nautilus and spirula). These shells are very often the most
Seashell
Genus of molluscs
Polyschides is a genus of gadilid tusk shell (scaphopod). Polyschides andersoni Lamprell & Healy, 1998 Polyschides arnaudi Scarabino, 1995 Polyschides
Polyschides
Larval stage of some molluscs
and freshwater snails, as well as most bivalve molluscs (clams) and tusk shells. The veliger is the characteristic larva of the gastropod, bivalve, and
Veliger
a foot used for creeping and a "shell" that was mineralized. In one particular branch of the family tree, the shell of conchiferans is thought to have
Evolution_of_molluscs
Genus of molluscs
Gadila is a genus of small tusk shells, which are marine scaphopod molluscs in the family Gadilidae. Shell decidedly curved; more or less swollen near
Gadila_(mollusc)
Genus of molluscs
Costentalina is a genus of medium-sized tusk shells, marine scaphopod molluscs in the family Entalinidae. Costentalina caymanica Chistikov, 1982 Costentalina
Costentalina
Species of mollusc
Cadulus delicatulus is a species of small tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Gadilidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand. It can
Cadulus_delicatulus
Species of mollusc
Dentalium glaucarena is a species of tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Dentaliidae. This species is endemic to the waters of New Zealand
Dentalium_glaucarena
Species of mollusc
Dentalium nanum is a tusk shell of the family Dentaliidae, endemic to New Zealand waters. The Dentalium shell was traditionally used for decorative purposes
Dentalium_nanum
complexity of ammonoid shells did not decline during Early Triassic biotic crises is presented by Miao et al. (2026). Two ammonite shells with large, elongated
2026_in_paleomalacology
Species of mollusc
Dentalium suteri is a species of tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Dentaliidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand waters. Powell
Dentalium_suteri
Species of mollusc
Cadulus teliger is a species of small tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Gadilidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand waters. It
Cadulus_teliger
Species of mollusc
Dentalium tiwhana is a tusk shell of the family Dentaliidae, endemic to New Zealand waters. Powell, A W B (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. Auckland, New Zealand:
Dentalium_tiwhana
Monoplacophora Polyplacophora (chitons, or sea cradles) Scaphopoda (tusk shells) Chromadorea Enoplea Gordioida Nectonematoida Hoplonemertea Palaeonemertea
List_of_animal_classes
A tusk shell of the scaphopod Antalis vulgaris
List_of_mollusc_orders
Protein family
"The expression of an engrailed protein during embryonic shell formation of the tusk-shell, Antalis entalis (Mollusca, Scaphopoda)". Evolution and Development
Engrailed_(gene)
Family of molluscs
Dentaliidae is a family of relatively large tusk shells, scaphopod mollusks in the order Dentaliida. Antalis H. & A. Adams, 1854 Coccodentalium Sacco
Dentaliidae
Family of molluscs
Entalinidae is a family of tusk shells, marine scaphopod mollusks in the order Gadilida. Bathoxiphus Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897 Costentalina Chistikov, 1982
Entalinidae
Family of molluscs
Gadilidae is a family of tusk shells in the order Gadilida. Bathycadulus Scarabino, 1995 Cadulus Philippi, 1844 Dischides Jeffreys, 1867 Gadila Gray,
Gadilidae
Species of mollusc
Dentalium zelandicum is a species of tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Dentaliidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand waters. Powell
Dentalium_zelandicum
Order of molluscs
Gadilida is an order of very small tusk shells, marine scaphopod molluscs. The species within the Gadilida are usually very much smaller than those within
Gadilida
tubicola – Mytilidae Anomiidae Anomia scabrosa – a jingle shell Enigmonia aenigmatica – a jingle shell Arca nitens, A. tumescens and Glycymeris wrigleyi – ark
Paleobiota_of_the_London_Clay
Geologic formation in Arkansas, United States
The Pitkin Formation, or Pitkin Limestone, is a fossiliferous geologic formation in northern Arkansas that dates to the Chesterian Series of the late Mississippian
Pitkin_Formation
Family of molluscs
family of molluscs belonging to the order Gadilida, which contains small tusk shells. This family has six species known to be extant, which are in two genera
Wemersoniellidae
Order of molluscs
of the two orders of scaphopod mollusks, commonly known as elephant's tusk shells. The order Dentaliida contains most of the larger scaphopods, and is
Dentaliida
Family of molluscs
Siphonodentallidae is a family of scaphopods typified by Siphonodentalium and including fossil forms. Yancey, T. E. (November 1, 1973). "A New Genus of
Siphonodentallidae
Genus of molluscs
Siphonodentalium is a genus of small tusk shells in the family Gadilidae. Siphonodentalium australasiae Boissevain, 1906 Siphonodentalium booceras (Tomlin
Siphonodentalium
Species of mollusc
Antalis diarrhox is a species of tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Dentaliidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand waters. It is
Antalis_diarrhox
shell height reaching up to 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in). Rudist Titanosarcolites had overall size around 2 m (6 ft 7 in). Complete shell length of tusk shell Prodentalium
Largest_prehistoric_animals
Genus of molluscs
Cadulus is a large genus of small tusk shells in the family Gadilidae. It contains over fifty-one described species. Cadulus acus Dall, 1889 [citation
Cadulus
mosasaurs Compressidens Dollo 1924 Preoccupied N/A N/A Preoccupied by a tusk shell; later renamed Carinodens Coniasaurus Owen 1850 Valid Late Cretaceous
List_of_mosasaur_genera
Organic-inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs
organic–inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer. It is also the material of which pearls are composed. It is strong
Nacre
Basal animal clade as a sister group of the Porifera
Clitellata Sipuncula Molluscs Gastropods Cephalopods Bivalves Chitons Tusk shells Phyla with ≥1000 extant species bolded Potentially dubious phyla †
Eumetazoa
octopus, Octopus vulgaris Little cuttle, Sepiola atlantica Scaphopods Tusk shell, Antalis entalis Gastropods Keyhole limpet, Diodora apertura Slit limpet
List of British Isles rockpool life
List_of_British_Isles_rockpool_life
Family of molluscs
Laevidentaliidae is a family of relatively large tusk shells, scaphopod mollusks in the order Dentaliida. Laevidentalium Cossmann, 1888 MolluscaBase eds
Laevidentaliidae
Animals without a vertebral column
myriapods, chelicerates (Arthropoda) Chitons, snails, slugs, bivalves, tusk shells, cephalopods (Mollusca) Roundworms or threadworms (Nematoda) Rotifers
Invertebrate
Genus of molluscs
Antalis is a genus of tusk shells, marine scaphopod mollusks. Species within the genus Antalis include: Antalis agilis (M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872) Antalis
Antalis
Genus of molluscs
Compressidentalium is a genus of tusk shells, marine scaphopod mollusks. Species within the genus Compressidentalium include: Compressidentalium ceciliae
Compressidentalium
Indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands
pierced holes around the rim of their ears with dentalium shells (tooth shells or tusk shells), bone, feathers, dried bird wings or skulls and/or amber
Aleuts
Part of the body of a gastropod or snail
The gastropod shell is part of the body of many gastropods, including snails, a kind of mollusc. The shell is an exoskeleton, which protects from predators
Gastropod_shell
Species of reptile
jellies, bryozoans, mollusks (squid, snails, nudibranchs, bivalves, and tusk shells), echinoderms (sea cucumbers and sea urchins), tunicates, fish and their
Hawksbill_sea_turtle
Genus of molluscs
Bathycadulus is a genus of molluscs belonging to the family Gadilidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe, Southern Africa and Australia. Species:
Bathycadulus
Largest living land animal
Distinctive features of elephants include a long proboscis called a trunk, tusks, large ear flaps, pillar-like legs, and tough but sensitive grey skin. The
Elephant
Part of the shell of a mollusk
(limpet-like) gastropod shell is called the apical cavity. The apex of tusk shells is the small, open posterior end, and the opening itself is usually called
Apex_(mollusc)
cancellatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) There were recorded at least 2 species of tusk shells in Ireland. Family Dentaliidae Antalis entalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Antalis
List of marine molluscs of Ireland
List_of_marine_molluscs_of_Ireland
Decoration technique
available materials. For example, the Athabaskan peoples of Alaska used tusk shells (scaphopod mollusks), which are naturally hollow, as beads and incorporated
Beadwork
Family of molluscs
Gadilinidae is a family of relatively large tusk shells, scaphopod mollusks in the order Dentaliida. Episiphon Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897 Gadilina Foresti
Gadilinidae
molluscan fauna of Vietnam includes numerous species of chitons, gastropods, tusk shells, cephalopods and bivalves. Vietnam's fauna of non-marine molluscs comprises
Wildlife_of_Vietnam
Shield for the ventral and dorsal parts of turtles
The turtle shell is a shield for turtles (order Testudines), completely enclosing all the turtle's vital organs and in some cases even the head. It comprises
Turtle_shell
Species of crab
although it may live in water as shallow as 100 meters in wood fragments, tusk shells, and pieces of bamboo. It is the only member of the genus Parapylocheles
Parapylocheles
Book by Carl Linnaeus
Haliotis (abalones), Patella (true limpets and brachiopods), Dentalium (tusk shells), Serpula (serpulid worms) Lithophyta: Tubipora (organ pipe corals),
10th edition of Systema Naturae
10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae
Genus of molluscs
Dischides is a genus of molluscs belonging to the family Gadilidae. The species of this genus are found in Eurasia, Northern Africa and Australia. Species:
Dischides
Family of molluscs
Pulsellidae Shell of Pulsellum filiforme (paratype at MNHN, Paris) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Subphylum: Conchifera
Pulsellidae
Topics referred to by the same term
Dentalium may refer to: Dentalium (genus), a genus of tooth shells Dentalium shell, tusk shells used in indigenous jewelry and commerce in North America
Dentalium
Topics referred to by the same term
an Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier Gadila (mollusc), a tusk shell genus in the family Gadilidae
Gadila
Family of crustaceans
crabs do not usually inhabit gastropod shells, but instead withdraw into decayed pieces of wood, stones, tusk shells (especially Dentaliidae), living sponges
Pylochelidae
Species of gastropod
Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand
Liotella_aupouria
Species of gastropod
Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand
Lodderia_waitemata
Species of gastropod
Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand
Zalipais_benthicola
Visual organs of the phylum
groups of molluscs such as Monoplacophora, Aplacophora and Scaphapoda (tusk shells). Although species within Aplacophora are eyeless, they may have evolved
Mollusc_eye
A gastric shield is an organ in the digestive tract of bivalves, tusk shells, and some gastropods against which a crystalline style typically rotates
Gastric_shield
Extinct genus of marine reptiles
brachiopods, bivalves, rhynchonellate brachiopods, tubeworms, belemnoids, tusk shells, sponges, crinoids, sea urchins, brittle stars, starfish, crustaceans
Pliosaurus
Shell of a Dentalium tusk shell
List of the prehistoric life of Mississippi
List_of_the_prehistoric_life_of_Mississippi
Species of gastropod
Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand
Coelotrochus_rex
Ellipsocaris to be a junior synonym of the genus Sidetes. A study on the inner shell structure in several ammonite taxa from the Triassic (Olenekian) of southern
2017_in_paleomalacology
List of saltwater species that form a part of the molluscan fauna of South Africa
Ram's horn squid Spirulidae Ram's horn shell Spirula spirula Linnaeus 1758 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique) Tusk shells (Scaphopoda) in South Africa include:
List of marine molluscs of South Africa
List_of_marine_molluscs_of_South_Africa
Extinct genus of mammals
females appear to possess two similarly sized tusks. In the holotype of O. peruvianus the elongated right tusk is broken, leaving its precise length ambiguous
Odobenocetops
Species of gastropod
Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand
Zalipais_turneri
Shell of a Dentalium tusk shell
List of the prehistoric life of Alabama
List_of_the_prehistoric_life_of_Alabama
Extinct genus of molluscs
Prodentalium is a genus of fossil scaphopod assigned to the Dentalids, but on somewhat dubious grounds. Tenery, J. H.; Rowett, C. L. (January 1979). "New
Prodentalium
Species of gastropod
Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand
Lunella_smaragda
Species of gastropod
Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand
Zalipais_lissa
Shell of a Dentalium tusk shell
List of the Paleozoic life of Alaska
List_of_the_Paleozoic_life_of_Alaska
Species of gastropod
Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand
Coelotrochus_oppressus
Species of mollusc
Dentalium elephantinum, the elephant tusk, is a species of scaphopod mollusc. Its shell is often deep green fading to white at its tip and has between
Dentalium_elephantinum
First Nation government in Yukon, Canada
like awls and projectile points, as well as jewellery. Dentalia shells (from tusk shells) and obsidian for tools and points were traded for birch bark (used
Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation
Trʼondëk_Hwëchʼin_First_Nation
increase resistance to shell-crushing predators. A study aiming to determine the function of complex septa in the ammonite shell, providing evidence of
2021_in_paleomalacology
Species of gastropod
Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand
Coelotrochus_carinatus
Species of gastropod
Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand
Coelotrochus_davegibbsi
Shell of a Dentalium tusk shell
List of the prehistoric life of North Carolina
List_of_the_prehistoric_life_of_North_Carolina
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