WoRMS taxon details

Tachyrhynchus stearnsii Dall, 1919

580450  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:580450)

accepted
Species
marine
Dall, W. H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 56 (2295): 293-371., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7766313
page(s): 347 [details]   
Type locality contained in San Pedro  
type locality contained in San Pedro [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Tachyrhynchus stearnsii Dall, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580450 on 2024-03-19
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2011-09-23 01:35:16Z
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2014-03-23 06:39:55Z
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original description Dall, W. H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 56 (2295): 293-371., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7766313
page(s): 347 [details]   

additional source Oldroyd, I. S. (1927). The marine shells of the west coast of North America. <em>Stanford University Publications in Geological Sciences.</em> Volume 2, part 3, pp. 340, pls 73-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58082301
page(s): p. 57. [details]   

additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 69 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Identification Dall (1919:347) adds the following note underneath the description: "This was regarded as a new species of Mesalia by Doctor Carpenter but I have always had some (perhaps unwanted) suspicion that the shell is exotic". The holotype was examined by A. Warén (30/05/1991) and considered to be Mesalia varia Kiener, 1843 (= Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843)) from western Africa (fide Warén, unpublished MS preserved at NRM, Stockholm).
As the synonymy has not yet been published, the taxon is here maintained as accepted until the time of publication. [details]

Original description Dall (1919:347) writes: "This was regarded as a new species of Mesalia by Doctor Carpenter but I have always had some (perhaps unwarranted) suspicion that the shell is exotic.". Warén (MS, NRM, Sweden) also mentions that - after examination - this shell corresponds to Mesalia varia Kiener, 1843. The holotype (USNM 74014) indeed strongly resembles a worn specimen of Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843). At present, no published opinions in that respect have been discovered. [details]