What is Scaphopoda?
:''[[Tusk]]s is the name for the [[tooth|teeth]] of [[elephant]]s'' {{Taxobox | name = Tusk shells | image = Antalis vulgaris.jpg | image_caption = A shell of the scaphopod ''[[Antalis vulgaris]]'' from France | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Mollusc]]a | classis = '''Scaphopoda''' | classis_authority = [[Heinrich Georg Bronn|Bronn]], 1862 | subdivision_ranks = [[Order (biology)|Orders]] | subdivision = [[Dentaliida]]<br/> [[Gadilida]] }} '''Scaphopoda''', which are called '''tusk shells''' in [[English language|English]] is a class of [[Ocean|marine]] [[mollusc]]s. The name of the class can be translated as [[shovel]]-footed. These animals vary in size, most are small though. These animals usually do not live in the [[tide|tidal zone]], they dig themselves into [[mud]]dy or [[sand]]y ocean floors, up to a depth of about 700m. There are about 500 recent [[species]]. [[Fossil]]s of over 900 species have been described. As of 2009, it is unclear how many of these descriptions are valid species. These species live in an elongated [[tube]], which is open on both ends, but which can be closed on one end. The animal lives inside the tube, and is attached to it. Scaphopoda do [[sexual reproduction|reproduce sexually]]. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Molluscs]]