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Taxonomy
Family:
DENTALIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Scaphopoda (Class)
> Dentaliida (Order)
> Dentaliidae (Family)
> Antalis (Genus)
> glaucarena (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 (Antalis) glaucarena Dell, 1953
=Dentalium glaucarena Dell, 1953
Images: Antalis glaucarena Dell, 1953
Holotype of Dentalium glaucarena Dell, 1953, collected 4 Nov 1950, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.005678). 13mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
DENTALIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Scaphopoda (Class)
> Dentaliida (Order)
> Dentaliidae (Family)
> Antalis (Genus)
> glaucarena (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 (Antalis) glaucarena Dell, 1953
=Dentalium glaucarena Dell, 1953
Details: Antalis glaucarena Dell, 1953
Size/Grows to:
Length 26mm, Diameter 2.5mm
Distribution:
Chatham Rise 350-550 metres, and Chatham Islands 600 metres
Geographical Range:
CME.
Notes:
Tusk Shell, Marine, Endemic
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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