Global InformationAntalis pretiosa information
| Wampum tuskshell Haiqua/Hy'kwa | |
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Conservation status
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Scaphopoda |
| Order: | Dentaliida |
| Family: | Dentaliidae |
| Genus: | Antalis |
| Species: | A. pretiosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Antalis pretiosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1860)
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Dentalium pretiosum G.B.Sowerby II, 1860 | |
Antalis pretiosa (formerly Dentalium pretiosum), commonly known as the Wampum tuskshell[3][1][4] or the Indian money tusk[3][5][1] is a species of tusk shell in the family Dentaliidae. It was first described by George Brettingham Sowerby II, and named by Thomas Nuttall in 1860.[6]
Antalis pretiosa is the primary species of shell known by the colloquial term dentalium,[a] a blanket term describing tusk shells utilized extensively for over 2500 years by Indigenous peoples for both regalia and currency. The shells were referred to as Hy'kwa (also haiqua[b]) in the Chinook Jargon trade language. Trade networks carried A. pretiosa shells far beyond the Vancouver Island sites where the shells were harvested, into the Great Lakes region and as far south as Baja California.
- ^ a b c "Antalis pretiosa". Mindat. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Synonyms of Antalis pretiosa (Sowerby, 1860)". SeaLifeBase. FishBase Information and Research Group. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Antalis pretiosa Wampum Tuskshell, Indian Money Tusk". Reeflex. The Reefers Network. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
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klinkenbergwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Indian money tusk". Encyclopedia of Life. National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "PBDB Taxon Antalis pretiosa". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
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bartonwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Clark, R. B. (1963). "The Economics of Dentalium". The Veliger. 6 (1). California Malacozoological Society: 9–19. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
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