''Calliodentalium'' is a genus of
scaphopoda
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molluscs
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
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[ It is ]monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
within the family Calliodentaliidae. It is known from the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.
Species
There are four species:[
* '' Calliodentalium balanoides'' (Plate, 1908)
* '' Calliodentalium callipeplum'' (Dall, 1889)
* '' Calliodentalium crocinum'' (Dall, 1907)
* '' Calliodentalium semitracheatum'' (Boissevain, 1906)
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References
Dentaliida
Mollusc genera
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