Dentalium Grahami
Dentalium may refer to: * ''Dentalium'' (genus), a genus of tooth shells * Dentalium (anthropology) The word dentalium, as commonly used by Native American artists and anthropologists, refers to tooth shells or tusk shells used in indigenous jewelry, adornment, and commerce in western Canada and the United States. These tusk shells are a kind of ...

Dentalium (genus)
''Dentalium'' is a large genus of tooth shells or tusk shells, marine (ocean), marine scaphopod molluscs in the family Dentaliidae. The genus contains 50 described species and about 50 extinct species.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Dentalium Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137886 on 2020-10-19 Etymology The scientific name of this genus comes from the Latin word ''dentis'', meaning ''tooth'', based on the tooth or tusk-shaped form of these molluscs. Description The mantle of ''Dentalium'' species is entirely within the shell. The foot extends from the larger end of the shell, and is used to burrow through the substrate. They position their head down in the substrate, with the apical end of the shell (at the rear of the animal's body) projecting up into the water. These molluscs live on seafloor sediment, feeding on microscopic organisms, detritus and foraminiferans. The shell ...
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