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Taxonomy
Family:
DENTALIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Scaphopoda (Class)
> Dentaliida (Order)
> Dentaliidae (Family)
> Antalis (Genus)
> diarrhox (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
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Taxonomy
Family:
DENTALIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Scaphopoda (Class)
> Dentaliida (Order)
> Dentaliidae (Family)
> Antalis (Genus)
> diarrhox (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
Details: Antalis diarrhox (R.B. Watson, 1879)
Size/Grows to:
Length 20mm, Diameter 2.3mm
Distribution:
North east of East Cape 1280 metres, Chatham Rise and Tasman Sea
Geographical Range:
ACM
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.353)
  • Watson, R.B. 1879 Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. II. The Solenoconchia, comprising the genera Dentalium, Siphodentalium, and Cadulus, Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 14 (p.511) Original Description

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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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil