Antalis nana Small Tusk Shell

Antalis nana is commonly referred to as Small Tusk Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Antalis nana, Auckland, New Zealand 2021

Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:: 15118
AphiaID:: 344454

Scientific:: Antalis nana
German:: Kleiner Elefantenstoßzahn
English:: Small Tusk Shell

Category:: Miscellaneous

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Scaphopoda (Class) > Dentaliida (Order) > Dentaliidae (Family) > Antalis (Genus) > nana (Species)
Initial determination:: (Hutton, ), 1873

Occurrence:: Endemic species, New Zealand
Sea depth:: 30 - 320 Meter
Size:: 0.79" - 1.18" (2,8cm - 3,7cm)
Food:: Detritus
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Antalis agilis
Antalis albatrossae
Antalis alis
Antalis antillaris
Antalis ariannae
Antalis bartletti
Antalis berryi
Antalis boucheti
Antalis caprottii
Antalis cerata
Antalis circumcincta
Antalis dentalis
Europäischer Elefantenstoßzahn
Antalis diarrhox
Antalis entalis
Antalis gardineri
Antalis glaucarena
Antalis guillei
Antalis inaequicostata
Antalis inflexa
Antalis intesi
Antalis longitrorsa
Antalis maestratii
Antalis marukawai
Antalis nana
Kleiner Elefantenstoßzahn
Antalis novemcostata
Antalis occidentalis
Antalis panorma
Antalis perinvoluta
Antalis phanea
Antalis pilsbryi
Antalis porcata
Antalis pretiosa
Kostbarer Elefantenstoßzahn
Antalis rossati
Antalis senegalensis
Antalis suteri
Antalis taphria
Antalis tibana
Antalis tubulata
Antalis usitata
Antalis valdiviae
Antalis vulgaris
Gemeiner Elefantenstoßzahn
Antalis weinkauffi

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-08-27 13:00:07
Last edit:: 2022-08-27 13:06:55

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Antalis nana (Hutton, 1873)

The Tusk snails has a narrow, tubular shell.Antalis vulgaris were found to depths of several thousand meters.It lives buried in sandy seabed, feeding mainly on foraminifera.

Antalis nana is endemic to New Zealand.

Synonymised names:
Dentalium huttoni Kirk, 1880 · unaccepted
Dentalium marwicki Mestayer, 1926 · unaccepted
Dentalium nanum Hutton, 1873 † · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 27.08.2022.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 27.08.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 27.08.2022.

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Antalis nana, Auckland, New Zealand 2021

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