reticulate tuskshell
Dentalium laqueatum A. E. Verrill, 1885
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dentalium laqueatum A. E. Verrill, 1885
- Name authority
- A. E. Verrill, 1885
- Common name
- reticulate tuskshell
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Scaphopoda
- Order
- Dentaliida
- Family
- Dentaliidae
- Genus
- Dentalium
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classScaphopoda Bronn, 1862
- orderDentaliida Starobogatov, 1974
- familyDentaliidae Children, 1834
- genusDentalium Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesDentalium laqueatum A. E. Verrill, 1885
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dentalium. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dentalium adenense Ludbrook, 1954 | DentaliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| stained tuskshellDentalium agassizi Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897 | DentaliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentalium congoense Plate, 1908 | DentaliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentalium curtum G. B. Sowerby II, 1860 | DentaliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentalium debitusae Scarabino, 2008 | DentaliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dentalium decemcostatum Brazier, 1877 | DentaliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentalium deforgesi Scarabino, 1995 | DentaliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| elephant's tuskDentalium elephantinum Linnaeus, 1758 | DentaliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentalium exmouthense Lamprell & Healy, 1998 | DentaliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentalium grahami Lamprell & Healy, 1998 | DentaliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentalium hedleyi Lamprell & Healy, 1998 | DentaliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dentalium katchekense Fischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946 | DentaliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dentalium (Dentalium) laqueatum A. E. Verrill, 1885 A. E. Verrill, 1885 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Verrill, A. E. (1885). Third catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 6: 395–452. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.7414 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:34THP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.