NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Dentaliidae
  Order - Dentaliida
  Class - Scaphopoda
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Fissidentalium meridionale
      Species - Fissidentalium floridense
      Species - Fissidentalium megathyris
      Species - Fissidentalium calamus
      Species - Fissidentalium carduus
      Species - Fissidentalium candidum
      Species - Fissidentalium capillosum
      Species - Fissidentalium exuberans