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Taxonomy
Family:
DENTALIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Scaphopoda (Class)
> Dentaliida (Order)
> Dentaliidae (Family)
> Antalis (Genus)
> suteri (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dentale da Costa, 1778
=Dentalium (Antalis) H. & A. Adams, 1854
=Dentalium (Entalis) Gray, 1847
=Entaliopsis Newton & G. F. Harris, 1894
=Entalis Gray, 1847
Synonymised Names:
=Dentalium (Episiphon) arenarium Suter, 1907
=Dentalium arenarium Suter, 1907
=Dentalium suteri Emerson, 1954
Images: Antalis suteri (Emerson, 1954)
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Taxonomy
Family:
DENTALIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Scaphopoda (Class)
> Dentaliida (Order)
> Dentaliidae (Family)
> Antalis (Genus)
> suteri (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dentale da Costa, 1778
=Dentalium (Antalis) H. & A. Adams, 1854
=Dentalium (Entalis) Gray, 1847
=Entaliopsis Newton & G. F. Harris, 1894
=Entalis Gray, 1847
Synonymised Names:
=Dentalium (Episiphon) arenarium Suter, 1907
=Dentalium arenarium Suter, 1907
=Dentalium suteri Emerson, 1954
Details: Antalis suteri (Emerson, 1954)
Size/Grows to:
Length 40mm, Diameter 4mm
Distribution:
South Island, Stewart and Chatham Islands
Notes:
Tusk Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.354)
  • Emerson, W.K. 1954 Notes on the scaphopod molluscs: rectifications of nomenclature, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 67 (p.185) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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