• The word dentalium, as commonly used by Native American artists and anthropologists, refers to tooth shells or tusk shells used in indigenous jewelry...
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    Dentalium is a large genus of tooth shells or tusk shells, marine scaphopod molluscs in the family Dentaliidae. The genus contains 50 described species...
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  • Dentalium may refer to: Dentalium (genus), a genus of tooth shells Dentalium shell, tusk shells used in indigenous jewelry and commerce in North America...
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    the stem for food. Dentalium shells were common among the Klamath prior to colonization. Compared to other native cultures, dentalium didn't hold as much...
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  • Dentalium nanum is a tusk shell of the family Dentaliidae, endemic to New Zealand waters. The Dentalium shell was traditionally used for decorative purposes...
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  • Dentalium neohexagonum is a species of tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Dentaliidae. As the Latin name implies, the cross section...
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    Antalis pretiosa (formerly Dentalium pretiosum), commonly known as the Wampum tuskshell or the Indian money tusk is a species of tusk shell in the family...
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    Dentalium elephantinum, the elephant tusk, is a species of scaphopod mollusc. Its shell is often deep green fading to white at its tip and has between...
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  • Dentalium gouldii, commonly called the Gould tuskshell, is a species of tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusc in the family Dentaliidae. "WoRMS - World...
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    teliger Dentaliidae Dentalium diarrhox Dentalium ecostatum Dentalium glaucarena Dentalium nanum Dentalium suteri Dentalium tiwhana Dentalium zelandicum Spirulidae...
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