Dentalium octangulatum, Octangular tusk shell
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Dentalium octangulatum   Donovan, 1803

Octangular tusk shell

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Dentalium octangulatum  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Scaphopoda | Dentaliida | Dentaliidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range Οικολογία

; εύρος βάθους 5 - 1380 m (Αναφ. 1821).  Tropical

Distribution Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to Japan and New Guinea. Tropical to boreal climates.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age

Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Found near the seabed (Ref. 1821). On sandy, muddy and sandy mud bottoms; continental shelf to continental slope in depth (Ref. 98678). Scaphopods are selective microcarnivores, feeding on microscopic organisms particularly forams. It also feeds on juvenile bivalves and kinorhynchs. Some species may be selective detritivores (Ref. 833).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae

Members of the class Scaphopoda are gonochoric. Fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into free-swimming lecithotrophic trochophore larvae, succeeded by shelled veligers.

Main reference Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

Steiner, G. and A.R. Kabat 2004 Catalog of species-group names of recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema 26(4):549-726. (Αναφ. 1821)

IUCN Red List Status (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Αναφ. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Τροφική Οικολογία
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Σύσταση δίαιτας
Κατανάλωση τροφής
Θηρευτές
Οικολογία
Population dynamics
Αύξηση
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Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Αφθονία
Life cycle
Αναπαραγωγή
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση
Γονιμότητα
Γεννοβολία
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Physiology
Κατανάλωση οξυγόνου
Human Related
Stamps, coins, misc.
Αναφορές

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.6 - 18.4, mean 11.4 (based on 794 cells).
Price category (Αναφ. 80766): Unknown.