MolluscaBase taxon details
Dentalium sulcosum G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †
1062920 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1062920)
accepted
Species
Dentalium gayi R. A. Philippi, 1887 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dentalium majus G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 † · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 263, pl. 2, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 263, pl. 2, fig. 2 [details]
Holotype NHMUK NHM-G26402, geounit Chile
Holotype NHMUK NHM-G26402, geounit Chile [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dentalium sulcosum G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1062920 on 2025-04-29
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original description
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 263, pl. 2, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Dentalium gayi R. A. Philippi, 1887 †) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 107 [German], 101 [Spanish], pl. 12, fig. 19 [details]
original description (of Dentalium majus G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 263, pl. 2, fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Coan, E. V. & Kabat, A. R. (2017). The malacological contributions of Rudolph Amandus Philippi (1808-1904). <em>Malacologia.</em> 60(1−2): 31−322.
page(s): 43 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Griffin, M.; Nielsen, S. N. (2008). A revision of the type specimens of Tertiary molluscs from Chile and Argentina described by d'Orbigny (1842), Sowerby (1846) and Hupé (1854). <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 6(3): 251-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477201907002374
page(s): 310, pl. 24, fig. 2 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Philippi, R. A. (1897). Paleontología. <em>In R. Maldonaldo (ed.), Estudios geográficos é hidrográficos sobre Chiloé. Oficina Hidrográfica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.</em> 365–370.
page(s): pl. 9 [details]
additional source Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 106, pl. 12, fig. 10 [details]
page(s): 263, pl. 2, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Dentalium gayi R. A. Philippi, 1887 †) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 107 [German], 101 [Spanish], pl. 12, fig. 19 [details]
original description (of Dentalium majus G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 263, pl. 2, fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Coan, E. V. & Kabat, A. R. (2017). The malacological contributions of Rudolph Amandus Philippi (1808-1904). <em>Malacologia.</em> 60(1−2): 31−322.
page(s): 43 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Griffin, M.; Nielsen, S. N. (2008). A revision of the type specimens of Tertiary molluscs from Chile and Argentina described by d'Orbigny (1842), Sowerby (1846) and Hupé (1854). <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 6(3): 251-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477201907002374
page(s): 310, pl. 24, fig. 2 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Philippi, R. A. (1897). Paleontología. <em>In R. Maldonaldo (ed.), Estudios geográficos é hidrográficos sobre Chiloé. Oficina Hidrográfica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.</em> 365–370.
page(s): pl. 9 [details]
additional source Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 106, pl. 12, fig. 10 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK NHM-G26402, geounit Chile [details]
