Dentalium longitrorsum
| Dentalium longitrorsum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Scaphopoda |
| Order: | Dentaliida |
| Family: | Dentaliidae |
| Genus: | Dentalium |
| Species: | D. longitrorsum
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| Binomial name | |
| Dentalium longitrorsum Reeve, 1842
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Dentalium longitrorsum is a species of tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Dentaliidae.
Description
[edit]The shell is a slender and long, about 100mm. It is white with a slight curve and the openings at both ends are circular.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Smythe, Kathleen (1982). Seashells of the Arabian Gulf. London: George Allen & Unwin. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-04-594001-1.
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