Dentalium elephantinum

Dentalium elephantinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mollusca
Order: Dentaliida
Family: Dentaliidae
Genus: Dentalium
Species: Elephantinum
Binomial name
Dentalium elephantinum
Linnaeus, 1758[1]

The elephant tusk, scientific name Dentalium elephantinum, is a species of scaphopod mollusc. Its shell is often deep green fading to white at its tip and has between eight and 17 strong ribs along its sides. Adults are about 70 mm in length with an diameter of about 11 mm at the shell aperture. It is native to Amboyna, the Philippine Islands, and the Red Sea.[2]

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