Dentalium variabile Deshayes, 1826 Figs 12 H, 17 C Dentalium variabile Deshayes, 1826: 352 – 353, pl. 16, fig. 30. Type locality: possibly India. Scarabino 1995: 200 – 201, fig. 16 d, e. Robba et al. 2003: tables 1, 3 – 5. Robba et al. 2004: 13, pl. 1, fig. 1. Steiner and Kabat 2004: 660. Chaiwathee et al. 2007: table 1. Robba et al. 2007: 89 (appendix). Sahlmann and Poppe 2010: 406, pl. 1198, fig. 8. Negri et al. 2014: tables 3, 4. Wells et al. 2021: 164. Dentalium (Lentigodentalium) variabile. Dey and Ramakrishna 2007: 162, 257. Referred material. CUF - NKNY - O 01 (48 shells; Figs 12 H, 17 C). Habitat. Mud bottoms from a depth of 10–75 m (Robba et al. 2004). Distribution. Indo-West Pacific, from Japan to Reunion Island and New Caledonia. Records of fossils from the Quaternary in Thailand (Robba et al. 2004). Record in Thailand. Gulf of Thailand (Wells et al. 2021). Taxonomic remarks and comparisons. This species is recognised based on the descriptions and figures in Scarabino (1995) and Robba et al. (2004), specifically in having a polygonal cross-section of apex and a circular aperture. See also comprehensive taxonomic remarks in Scarabino (1995).

Published as part of Jirapatrasilp, Parin, Cuny, Gilles, Kocsis, László, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Ngamnisai, Nom, Charoentitirat, Thasinee, Kumpitak, Satapat & Suraprasit, Kantapon, 2024, Mid-Holocene marine faunas from the Bangkok Clay deposits in Nakhon Nayok, the Central Plain of Thailand, pp. 1-110 in ZooKeys 1202 on pages 1-110, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1202.119389