UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Dentalium obscurum Dall, 1889

URMO taxon details

Dentalium obscurum Dall, 1889

AphiaID

344169 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344169)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Dentalium Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Dentalium gouldii var. obscurum Dall, 1889

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zo�logy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 425 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dentalium obscurum Dall, 1889. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://marinespecies.org/Urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344169 on 2025-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Dentalium obscurum Dall, 1889. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344169 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-04-11 11:44:20Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-12-21 08:31:37Z

changed

Scarabino, Victor

2023-11-09 15:16:45Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zo�logy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 425 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 3), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]

additional source Kraeuter, J. N. 2009. Scaphopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 745�749 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico�Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Habitat shelf to bathyal [details]