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Dentalium neohexagonum is a species of tusk shell in the family Dentaliidae.[1] As the Latin name implies the cross section of this shell is hexagonal; hence its common name is six-sided tusk shell.[2] This species occurs along the central and southern California coast of the Pacific Ocean. This species is known to have been exploited by the Chumash people at least as early as circa 1000 AD in the Morro Bay area.[3]
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- ^ Turgeon, 1998
- ^ Dentalium neohexagonum, 1998
- ^ Hogan, 2008
[edit] References
- D.D. Turgeon, J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. (1998) Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed., American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26, p. 526, American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland, USA ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638
- C. Michael Hogan, Los Osos Back Bay, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham (2008) [1]
- Dentalium neohexagonum profile, Aug. 22, 1998 [2]
