Entalina Monterosato, 1872

Caetano, Carlos Henrique Soares, Scarabino, Victor & Absalão, Ricardo Silva, 2006, Scaphopoda (Mollusca) from the Brazilian continental shelf and upper slope (13 º to 21 ºS) with descriptions of two new species of the genus Cadulus Philippi, 1844, Zootaxa 1267, pp. 1-47 : 29

Entalina Monterosato, 1872

Type species

Dentalium tetragonum Brocchi, 1814 (original designation).

Diagnosis

Shell medium to large, well curved, solid, polished translucent white when fresh, chalky when dead. Four to five primary ribs, secondary riblets present. Rib section flatrounded, simple­bifurcated. Intercostal spaces straight­convex, smooth­longitudinally sculptured. Apex simple. Section pentagonal at apex; pentagonal­quadrate at aperture.