Dentalium vulgare

Grooved Tusk-shell

Animalia › Mollusca › Scaphopoda › Dentaliida › Dentaliidae

Collected by: Thaanum
Collector number: 6279
Locality: England; Kent, Deal.
Region: England
Record type: Preservedspecimen

Antalis vulgaris observed alive

Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 94 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-08.

2026-10-08

San Vito Lo Capo (Trapani), Italia

(c) cccrll, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-05

San Vito Lo Capo (Trapani), Italia

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2026-09-14

Premantura, HR-IS, HR

(c) Frédéric ANDRE, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-07

Panormos Beach, Panormos 370 03, Greece

(c) MARIA SYNATIKA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-27

France

(c) Simon Piette, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-19

Grecia

(c) Mattia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Dentalium vulgare. BPBM 225417. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36358954. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/225417.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36358954 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026