WoRMS name details
Dentalium ceratum Dall, 1881
761710 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:761710)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Subspecies Dentalium ceratum tenax J. B. Henderson, 1920 accepted as Antalis cerata (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Dall, W. H. (1881). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake," Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 9(2): 33-144., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6353276
page(s): 38 [details]
page(s): 38 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Dentalium ceratum Dall, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=761710 on 2026-06-07
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Nomenclature
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Dall, W. H. (1881). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake," Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 9(2): 33-144., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6353276
page(s): 38 [details]
basis of record Silva Filho, G. F. d.; Tenório, D. d. O.; Pinto, S. d. L. & Alves, M. S. 2012. Mollusca Scaphopoda Bronn, 1862 da Costa Nordeste do Brasil. Tropical Oceanography Online 40: 29-103., available online at https://doi.org/10.5914/tropocean.v40i1.5191 [details]
page(s): 38 [details]
basis of record Silva Filho, G. F. d.; Tenório, D. d. O.; Pinto, S. d. L. & Alves, M. S. 2012. Mollusca Scaphopoda Bronn, 1862 da Costa Nordeste do Brasil. Tropical Oceanography Online 40: 29-103., available online at https://doi.org/10.5914/tropocean.v40i1.5191 [details]
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additional source
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 Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 424, pl. 26, fig. 5; pl. 27, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 424, pl. 26, fig. 5; pl. 27, fig. 2 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
