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Dentalium — Dentalium … Wikipédia en Français
Dentalium shell — Plateau dentalia choker and bracelet, from Nez Perce National Historical Park, 19th c., made using Antalis pretiosum shells The word dentalium or dentalia (plural), as commonly used by Native American artists and anthropologists, refers to tooth… … Wikipedia
Dentalium — Taxobox name = Dentalium image caption = Top: Dentalium entalis bottom: Dentalium tarentinum regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Scaphopoda ordo = Dentaliida familia = Dentaliidae genus = Dentalium genus authority = Linnaeus, 1758… … Wikipedia
Dentalium (genus) — This article is about a genus of tusk shells. For the use of tusk shells in art and anthropology, see Dentalium shell. Dentalium Top: Dentalium entalis bottom: Dentalium tarentinum Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Dentalium — Dentalium … Wikipédia en Français
Ioqua shell — I o*qua shell [From the native name.] (Zo[ o]l.) The shell of a large Dentalium ({Dentalium pretiosum}), formerly used as shell money, and for ornaments, by the Indians of the west coast of North America. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tusk shell — The tusk shells or scaphopods are a class of marine mollusks which vary in size from very small to medium sized. The scientific name of this class is Scaphopoda, meaning shovel footed . These mollusks live on soft substrates offshore (usually not … Wikipedia
РАКОВИНЫ — твердые покровы тела некоторых животных, например улиток, двустворок или усоногих рачков. Наибольший интерес, особенно с точки зрения практического использования и коллекционирования, представляют известковые раковины моллюсков. Для защиты своего … Энциклопедия Кольера
