Dentalium elephantinum
| Dentalium elephantinum | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Species: | Elephantinum
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| Dentalium elephantinum Linnaeus, 1758[1]
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The elephant tusk, scientific name Dentalium elephantinum, is a species of scaphopod mollusc. Its shell is often deep green fading to white at its tip and has between eight and 17 strong ribs along its sides. Adults are about 70 mm in length with an diameter of about 11 mm at the shell aperture. It is native to Amboyna, the Philippine Islands, and the Red Sea.[2]
References
- ^ Linnaeus (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (Editio decima, reformata ed.). Laurentius Salvius. p. 824.
- ^ Maria Boissevain (1906). The Scaphopoda of the Siboga Expedition Treated Together with the Known Indo-Pacific Scaphopoda. Late E. J. Brill. p. 6.