Dentalium elephantinum

Dentalium elephantinum
Housing of Dentalium elephantinum , Beijing Natural History Museum
Systematics
Trunk : Molluscs (mollusca) Class : Barnacles (Scaphopoda) Order : Dentaliida Family : Dentaliidae Genre : Dentalium Type : Dentalium elephantinum
Scientific name
Dentalium elephantinum
Linnaeus , 1758

Housing from Dentalium elephantinum

Longitudinal section through Dentalium elephantinum

Dentalium elephantinum even elephant tusk or tooth worm called, is a Kahnfüßerart from the family of Dentaliidae .

features

The up to 8 cm long housing of Dentalium elephantinum , which is open at each end as with all scabbies, has about 10 (8 to 17) longitudinally running strong ribs and is colored with dark green bands or even completely green in color that leads to faded towards the narrow end of the shell. In adults, the shell is up to 7 cm long and at the front end, the widest point, 11 mm wide.

distribution

Dentalium elephantinum is common in the Red Sea , Indian Ocean, and southern Pacific Ocean including the Philippines . The animals live in the coastal area above 40 m, partly buried in sand, whereby the narrow end of the housing protrudes.

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Carolus Linnaeus: Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentius Salvius, Stockholm 1758. p. 824.
2. ^ ^{A b} Maria Boissevain: The Scaphopoda of the Siboga Expedition Treated Together with the Known Indo-Pacific Scaphopoda. Late EJ Brill, 1906. p. 6.
3. ^ Maurice Burton, Robert Burton: International Wildlife Encyclopedia. Marshall Cavendish, 2002. p. 777.
4. ↑ Dentalium elephantinum Linnaeus, 1758. Sealifebase.org, seen on May 8 2018th