Dentaliidae
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Scaphopoda
- Order: Dentaliida
- Family: Dentaliidae
Overview
Dentaliidae Gray, 1834
Common Name: Tusk shells
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: Shells gradually taper and may be smooth or have sculptured ridges.
SIZE:
Paleoecology:
MOBILITY: Mobile (burrow)
FEEDING MODE: Deposit Feeder
HABITAT: Semi-infaunal
Sources:
Ludbrook, N. H. et al. 1960. Scaphopoda, in R. C. Moore ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part I, Mollusca 1, Volume 1. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 351 pp.
