WoRMS name details
Dentalium pusillum R. A. Philippi, 1836
422679 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:422679)
uncertain > nomen dubium (Not a scaphopod according to Steiner & Kabat, 2004.)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803 [details] 
Taxonomy Philippi's original description mentions e.g. a constricted mouth; he suspects that his taxon might be a juvenile D....
Taxonomy Philippi's original description mentions e.g. a constricted mouth; he suspects that his taxon might be a juvenile D. strangulatum or D. subulatum, taxa generally regarded to be synonymous with the serpulid Ditrupa arietina. Though the taxon has been referred to Dischides politus, it more likely is a Ditrupa (see Pilsbry & Sharp). D.pusillum most probably is a juvenile D. arietina (Editor's note). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dentalium pusillum R. A. Philippi, 1836. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422679 on 2025-05-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Pilsbry, H. A. & Sharp, B. (1897-1898). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 17: Scaphopoda. pp i-xxxii, 1-348, pls 1-48. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-80, pls. 1-9, 11 May 1897; pp. 81-144, Pl. 10-26, 15 Oct 1897; pp. 145-224, Pl. 27-37, 03 May 1898; pp. 225-348, i-xxxii, Pl. 38-48, 7 Dec 1898]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41487
page(s): 243 [details]
page(s): 243 [details]
Other
additional source
Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062 [details]
additional source Steiner, G.; Kabat, A. R. (2004). Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 26 (4): 549-726., available online at https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/26/4/catalogue-des-noms-du-groupe-espece-de-scaphopodes-mollusca-recents-et-fossiles
page(s): 668 [details]
additional source Steiner, G.; Kabat, A. R. (2004). Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 26 (4): 549-726., available online at https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/26/4/catalogue-des-noms-du-groupe-espece-de-scaphopodes-mollusca-recents-et-fossiles
page(s): 668 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Taxonomy Philippi's original description mentions e.g. a constricted mouth; he suspects that his taxon might be a juvenile D. strangulatum or D. subulatum, taxa generally regarded to be synonymous with the serpulid Ditrupa arietina. Though the taxon has been referred to Dischides politus, it more likely is a Ditrupa (see Pilsbry & Sharp). D.pusillum most probably is a juvenile D. arietina (Editor's note). [details]
