Laevidentaliidae is a
family
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of relatively large
tusk shells,
scaphopod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the
order
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Dentaliida.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Laevidentaliidae Palmer, 1974. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=343638 on 2021-04-20]
Genera
* ''
Laevidentalium
''Laevidentalium'' is a genus of molluscs belonging to the family Laevidentaliidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
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Cossmann, 1888
References
* Scarabino V., 1995 Scaphopoda of the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, with description of 3 new genera and 42 new species P. Bouchet (ed) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 14 Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 167 189-379
* Palmer C. P. 1974 A supraspecific classification of the scaphopod Mollusca. The Veliger 17: 115-123
Scaphopods
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