Deep-Sea taxon details
Scaphander mundus R. B. Watson, 1883
420540 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420540)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346 [1883]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383
page(s): 342 [details]
page(s): 342 [details]
Type locality contained in Indonesian part of the Arafura Sea
type locality contained in Indonesian part of the Arafura Sea (origin: native - non-endemic) [details]
Distribution Western Pacific Ocean to Eastern Indian Ocean, from Hawaii, New Caledonia, Australia, China Sea, the Philippines, Banda...
Distribution Western Pacific Ocean to Eastern Indian Ocean, from Hawaii, New Caledonia, Australia, China Sea, the Philippines, Banda Sea, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka. Between 900 and 1800 m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scaphander mundus R. B. Watson, 1883. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420540 on 2026-01-17
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Scaphander mundus R. B. Watson, 1883. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420540 on 2026-01-17
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Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346 [1883]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383
page(s): 342 [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 Valdés, Á. (2008). Deep-sea "cephalaspidean" heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the tropical southwest Pacific. In: Héros, V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 196: 587-792. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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 1-3 [details]
page(s): 342 [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 Valdés, Á. (2008). Deep-sea "cephalaspidean" heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the tropical southwest Pacific. In: Héros, V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 196: 587-792. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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 1-3 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Western Pacific Ocean to Eastern Indian Ocean, from Hawaii, New Caledonia, Australia, China Sea, the Philippines, Banda Sea, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka. Between 900 and 1800 m. [details]
