| Laevidentaliidae | |
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| Shell of Laevidentalium coruscum (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Scaphopoda |
| Order: | Dentaliida |
| Family: | Laevidentaliidae Palmer, 1974 |
| Genera | |
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Laevidentaliidae is a family of relatively large tusk shells, scaphopod mollusks in the order Dentaliida. [1]
The tusk shells or tooth shells, technically the Scaphopoda, are members of a class of shelled marine mollusc with worldwide distribution, and are the only class of exclusively infaunal marine molluscs. Shells of species within this class range from about 0.5 to 15 cm in length. Members of the order Dentaliida tend to be significantly larger than those of the order Gadilida.
Dentaliida is one 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 distinguished from the other order by the shape of its shell, the shape of the foot, and the arrangement of some of their internal organs.
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Siphonodentalium colubridens is a tusk shell or scaphopod in the family Gadilidae of the order Dentaliida.
Antalis diarrhox is a species of tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Dentaliidae.
Dentalium glaucarena is a species of tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Dentaliidae.
Dentalium suteri is a species of tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Dentaliidae.
Dentalium zelandicum is a species of tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Dentaliidae.
Dentalium ecostatum is a species of tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Dentaliidae.
Winston F. Ponder is a noted malacologist from New Zealand who has named and described many marine and freshwater animals, especially micromolluscs. He graduated with an MSc, PhD and DSc from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Cadulus delicatulus is a species of small tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Gadilidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand.
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 can be found from the Three Kings Islands to the Chatham Islands, at depths of between 15 and 360 m, and lives off the Auckland Islands at depths of approximately 170 m.
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Entalinidae is a family of tusk shells, marine scaphopod mollusks in the order Gadilida.
Costentalina is a genus of medium-sized tusk shells, marine scaphopod molluscs in the family Entalinidae.
Antalis is a genus of tusk shells, marine scaphopod mollusks.
Fustiaria is a genus of scaphopods in the order Dentaliida and is the only genus comprising the family Fustiariidae, with 24 species.
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