WoRMS taxon details
Microglyphis brevicula (Dall, 1902)
581394 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:581394)
accepted
Species
Actaeon (Microglyphis) breviculus Dall, 1902 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Actaeon (Microglyphis) estuarinus Dall, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Actaeon (Microglyphis) schencki S. S. Berry, 1941 † · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Acteon (Microglyphis) estuarinus Dall, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Microglyphis breviculus [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
Microglyphis estuarina (Dall, 1908) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Microglyphis estuarinus [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Actaeon (Microglyphis) breviculus Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured, or imperfectly known shells, chiefly American in the U. S. National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 24 (1264): 499-566, pls 27-40., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782353
page(s): 512 [details]
page(s): 512 [details]
Type locality contained in California
type locality contained in California [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Gulf of Alaska to San Diego, California. 44–2432 m.
Distribution Gulf of Alaska to San Diego, California. 44–2432 m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Microglyphis brevicula (Dall, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581394 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Actaeon (Microglyphis) schencki S. S. Berry, 1941 †) Berry, S. S. (1941). New Mollusca from the Pleistocene of San Pedro, California-II. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 27(101): 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10668681
page(s): 3, pl. 2 fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Actaeon (Microglyphis) breviculus Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured, or imperfectly known shells, chiefly American in the U. S. National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 24 (1264): 499-566, pls 27-40., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782353
page(s): 512 [details]
original description (of Actaeon (Microglyphis) estuarinus Dall, 1908) Dall, W. H. (1908). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28878051
page(s): 238 [details]
original description (of Acteon (Microglyphis) estuarinus Dall, 1908) Dall, W. H. (1908). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28878051 [details]
basis of record Valdés A. (2019). Northeast Pacific benthic shelled sea slugs. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 242-304., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.21
page(s): 248, fig. 2B [details]
page(s): 3, pl. 2 fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Actaeon (Microglyphis) breviculus Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured, or imperfectly known shells, chiefly American in the U. S. National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 24 (1264): 499-566, pls 27-40., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782353
page(s): 512 [details]
original description (of Actaeon (Microglyphis) estuarinus Dall, 1908) Dall, W. H. (1908). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28878051
page(s): 238 [details]
original description (of Acteon (Microglyphis) estuarinus Dall, 1908) Dall, W. H. (1908). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28878051 [details]
basis of record Valdés A. (2019). Northeast Pacific benthic shelled sea slugs. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 242-304., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.21
page(s): 248, fig. 2B [details]
Other
additional source
Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 117 [details]
page(s): 117 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Gulf of Alaska to San Diego, California. 44–2432 m. [details]
