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  nus 
  Dent 
  alium 
  Lin- 
  

   ne 
  1758.nJeuteiF7T 
  

  

  138 
  

   species 
  suliagile, 
  somewhat 
  agile. 
  Shell; 
  

   very 
  long 
  and 
  slender.) 
  • 
  

  

  Dent 
  al 
  ium 
  antillariam 
  Orl^igny 
  ( 
  of 
  the 
  An- 
  i 
  

   tilles, 
  Antillean.l 
  ; 
  

  

  Dentaliumbartletti 
  Henderson 
  ( 
  Bart 
  le 
  1 
  1 
  ' 
  s 
  j 
  

   named 
  for 
  Commander 
  J, 
  R. 
  Bartlett, 
  U, 
  j 
  

   S. 
  lTavy,of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Coast 
  Survey 
  Steam-, 
  

   er 
  Blake 
  (1878-1879). 
  j 
  

  

  Dentalium 
  cer 
  atum 
  Pall 
  (waxy; 
  color 
  of 
  ai 
  

   waxen 
  yellowTl 
  1 
  

  

  Dentalium 
  ceratum 
  flavum 
  Hen 
  derson 
  (yel- 
  | 
  

   low; 
  color 
  Toright 
  yellow; 
  this 
  yellow 
  i 
  

   color 
  is 
  more 
  constant 
  and 
  vivid 
  than 
  j 
  

   in 
  the 
  preceding 
  one.) 
  j 
  

  

  Dentalium 
  disparile 
  Orbign;^ 
  (different, 
  

   unequal; 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  no 
  notch 
  or 
  

   slit.) 
  I 
  

  

  Dentalium 
  _en 
  tale 
  stim 
  psoni 
  Hen 
  derson 
  (Gr.j 
  

   entos, 
  Lat. 
  entali 
  s, 
  of 
  or 
  pertaining 
  

   to 
  the 
  interior, 
  inner; 
  the 
  inner 
  layer 
  

   is 
  hard 
  and 
  smooth; 
  named 
  for 
  "'Villiam 
  

   Stimpson, 
  a 
  distinguished 
  American 
  mala- 
  

   cologist, 
  1832-1872.) 
  

  

  Dentalium 
  occidentale 
  S 
  timpson 
  (western; 
  

   found 
  from 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  to 
  off 
  

   eape 
  Hatteras, 
  Forth 
  Carolina.) 
  

  

  Dentalium 
  occidentale 
  georgiense 
  Hender 
  - 
  

   son 
  ( 
  dredged 
  from 
  off 
  Georges 
  Bank 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  Dentalium 
  pilsbryi 
  Rehder 
  (named 
  for 
  Dr. 
  

   Henry 
  A. 
  Pilsbry, 
  Curator 
  of 
  the 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Mollusca, 
  Academy 
  of 
  Natural 
  

   Sciences, 
  Philadelphia, 
  an 
  eminent 
  Ame- 
  

   rican 
  malacologist, 
  1862- 
  .)(Formerl5i 
  

   listed 
  as 
  Dentalium 
  pseudohex 
  ag 
  onum^Hen 
  - 
  

   derson 
  (Gr. 
  pseudes, 
  false 
  -•- 
  hexagonos, 
  

   six-cornered; 
  false 
  hexagon; 
  in 
  fact 
  it 
  

   has 
  nine 
  primary 
  ribs.) 
  

  

  Dentalixim 
  sericatum 
  Dall 
  (silken 
  5 
  shell 
  

   translucent 
  white 
  with 
  opaque 
  white 
  wa- 
  

   vy 
  lines; 
  looks 
  like 
  "moire" 
  silk.) 
  

  

  Dentalium 
  taphrium 
  Dall 
  (Gr. 
  taphros, 
  

  

  shell 
  has 
  thirty 
  

  

  a 
  

  

  or 
  more 
  

  

  ditch, 
  trench; 
  

   lev/ 
  ribs 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  Dental 
  ium 
  tubula 
  tum 
  H 
  enderson 
  (tubular; 
  

   almost 
  straight; 
  the 
  cylinder 
  is 
  round) 
  

  

  Dentalium 
  ca 
  llithrix 
  Dall 
  (Gr. 
  with 
  

   beautiful 
  hair; 
  wavy 
  appearance.) 
  

  

  Dentalium 
  flori 
  dense 
  Hende 
  rson 
  (from 
  Flo- 
  

   rida; 
  off 
  the 
  Florida 
  Keys. 
  ) 
  

  

  De 
  ntaliumjneridionale 
  Pilsbry 
  & 
  Sharp 
  

  

  Tsouthern; 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  

   Yucatan 
  Bank, 
  ) 
  

  

  Dent 
  a 
  1 
  ium 
  m 
  eridiona 
  l 
  e 
  .jamaicense 
  Hender 
  - 
  

   son 
  Tfound 
  near 
  Jamaica, 
  '7est 
  Indies. 
  ) 
  

  

  D 
  e 
  ntalium 
  meridio 
  nale 
  verrilli 
  H 
  enderson 
  

  

  l^errill's^ 
  named 
  for 
  Addison 
  Emery 
  Ver- 
  

   rill. 
  Professor 
  of 
  Zoology 
  in 
  Yale 
  Uni- 
  

   versity, 
  1839-1927.) 
  

  

  Dentalium 
  amaliense 
  Henderson 
  (dredged 
  

  

  