Deep-Sea taxon details
Scaphander nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1884
139489 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139489)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill A. E. (1884). Second catalogue of mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England Coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. <i>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences</i>, 6(1): 139-294, pl. 28-32, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477234
page(s): 209, pl. 32 figs 18, 18a-d [details]
page(s): 209, pl. 32 figs 18, 18a-d [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic from Martha’s Vineyard, USA, Gulf of Mexico, and from the Caribbean Sea to South Brazil. Eastern...
Distribution Western Atlantic from Martha’s Vineyard, USA, Gulf of Mexico, and from the Caribbean Sea to South Brazil. Eastern Atlantic from the Bay of Biscay, the Azores, and the northwestern coast of Africa from the Canaries to Senegal. Southwestern Indian Ocean, Walters Shoals. In 1493-4255 m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scaphander nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1884. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139489 on 2026-02-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Scaphander nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1884. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139489 on 2026-02-16
original description
Verrill A. E. (1884). Second catalogue of mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England Coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. <i>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences</i>, 6(1): 139-294, pl. 28-32, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477234
page(s): 209, pl. 32 figs 18, 18a-d [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Siegwald, J. & Malaquias, M. A. E. (2024). Bringing light into deep-sea biodiversity: a systematic revision and molecular phylogeny of the genus <i>Scaphander</i> Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea), with a focus on the Indo-Pacific. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad201
page(s): figs 3-5 [details]
basis of record Eilertsen M.H. & Malaquias M.A. (2013) Systematic revision of the genus <i>Scaphander</i> (Gastropoda, Cephalaspidea) in the Atlantic Ocean, with a molecular phylogenetic hypothesis. <i>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society</i> 167: 389–429., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12013 [details]
additional source Siegwald, J., Oskars, T. R., Kano, Y. & Malaquias, M. A. E. (2022). A global phylogeny of the deep-sea gastropod family Scaphandridae (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea): Redefinition and generic classification. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 169: 107415., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107415 [details] Available for editors
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
page(s): 209, pl. 32 figs 18, 18a-d [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Siegwald, J. & Malaquias, M. A. E. (2024). Bringing light into deep-sea biodiversity: a systematic revision and molecular phylogeny of the genus <i>Scaphander</i> Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea), with a focus on the Indo-Pacific. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad201
page(s): figs 3-5 [details]
basis of record Eilertsen M.H. & Malaquias M.A. (2013) Systematic revision of the genus <i>Scaphander</i> (Gastropoda, Cephalaspidea) in the Atlantic Ocean, with a molecular phylogenetic hypothesis. <i>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society</i> 167: 389–429., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12013 [details]
additional source Siegwald, J., Oskars, T. R., Kano, Y. & Malaquias, M. A. E. (2022). A global phylogeny of the deep-sea gastropod family Scaphandridae (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea): Redefinition and generic classification. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 169: 107415., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107415 [details] Available for editors
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Western Atlantic from Martha’s Vineyard, USA, Gulf of Mexico, and from the Caribbean Sea to South Brazil. Eastern Atlantic from the Bay of Biscay, the Azores, and the northwestern coast of Africa from the Canaries to Senegal. Southwestern Indian Ocean, Walters Shoals. In 1493-4255 m. [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scaphander nobilis)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Scaphander nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1884 Portugal, Açores, W of Formigas, 37°17'N 25°...
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scaphander nobilis)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Scaphander nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1884 Portugal, Açores, W of Formigas, 37°17'N 25°...
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
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