Dentalium octangulatum Donovan, 1804
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 octangulatum Donovan, 1804
- Name authority
- Donovan, 1804
- 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 octangulatum Donovan, 1804
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 japonicum Dunker, 1877 Dunker, 1877 | synonym |
| Dentalium (Paradentalium) octangulatum Donovan, 1804 Donovan, 1804 | synonym |
| Dentalium octogonum Lamarck, 1818 Lamarck, 1818 | 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.
- Donovan, E. (1799). The natural history of British shells: including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each. 5 volumes, London, printed fro the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 180 plates with unpaginated text. Vol. 1: introduction 3 pp; pl. 1-18 [1799]; pl. 19-36; index 10 pp. [1800] . Vol. 2: pl. 37-54 [1800]; pl. 55-72, index 10 pp. [1801]. Vol. 3: pl. 73-90 [1801]; pl. 91-108, index 8 pp. [1802]; Vol. 4: pl. 109-126 [1802]; pl. 127-144, index 8 pp [1803]. Vol. 5: pl. 145-162 [1803]; pl.163-180, index 7 pp. [1804]. 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:34TJV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.