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Dentalium

Taxonomy
Dentalium was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes R Sepkoski's reference number: 888]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scaphopoda by Mansfield (1925), Perrilliat (1992) and Sepkoski (2002); to Dentaloidea by Rohr et al. (2006); and to Dentaliidae by Martin (1904), Oostingh (1935), Gardner (1947), Marasti (1973), Moore (1976), Pugaczewska (1984), Kensley and Pether (1986), Wienrich (1999), Wells and Houston (2001) and Reynolds and Steiner (2008).

Species
D. (Dentalium), D. (Fissidentalium), D. (Graptacme), D. (Laevidentalium), D. (Pseudantilis), D. akasakensis, D. alazanum, D. angsananum, D. aratum, D. atratum, D. attenuatum, D. bifrons, D. bocasense, D. bocasensis, D. caduloide, D. cossmannianum, D. danai, D. decoratum, D. denotatum, D. giganteum, D. gonatodes, D. hanguense, D. hecetaensis, D. inaequale, D. junghuhni, D. klipsteini, D. latisulcatum, D. lombardicum, D. mancorens, D. microstria, D. montense, D. moreanum, D. neohexagonum, D. neornatum, D. ovale, D. pseudonyma, D. rimosum, D. rugiferum, D. sandbergeri, D. schencki, D. simile, D. solidum, D. sorbii, D. sundkrogensis, D. tenuistriatum, D. tornatissimum, D. triquetrum, D. undulatum, D. yasilum
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. amaliense, D. angulare, D. antillarum, D. antillarum, D. bitubatum, D. bothrum, D. buricum, D. callipeplum, D. chipolanum, D. cooperi, D. dijki, D. diopon, D. entale, D. equisetum, D. ewekoroense, D. gabbi, D. guineense, D. inornatum, D. intercalatum, D. kickxi, D. laqueatum, D. majus, D. marwicki, D. matanzasense, D. michelotti, D. mississippiense, D. mississippiensis, D. morganianum, D. multistrictum, D. nigeriense, D. nunomae, D. octogonum, D. oerstedi, D. opaculum, D. palmerae, D. paulini, D. priscum, D. pseudorakhiense, D. radiolineata, D. rakhiense, D. rectius, D. regulare, D. regulare, D. schlosseri, D. semistriatum, D. sexangulum, D. soriense, D. stramineum, D. sublineatum, D. sulcosum, D. thalloides, D. uscarinanum, D. varicostata, D. vitreum, D. weinkauffi
Sister genera
Antalis, Coccodentalium, Compressidentalium, Eodentalium, Eudentalium, Fissidentalium, Graptacme, Lentigodentalium, Paleodentalium, Paradentalium, Pictodentalium, Plagioglypta, Schizodentalium, Striodentalium, Tesseracme

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Dentalium Linnaeus p. 785
1904Dentalium Martin p. 271
1925Dentalium Mansfield p. 62
1935Dentalium Oostingh p. 120
1947Dentalium Gardner p. 624
1973Dentalium Marasti p. 113
1976Dentalium Moore p. 41
1984Dentalium Pugaczewska p. 54
1986Dentalium Kensley and Pether p. 209
1992Dentalium Perrilliat p. 28
1999Dentalium Wienrich p. 263
2001Dentalium Wells and Houston p. 95
2002Dentalium Sepkoski, Jr.
2006Dentalium Rohr et al.
2008Dentalium Reynolds and Steiner p. 147 figs. Table 7.1

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