William Healey Dall

William Healey Dall (1845–1927), U.S. naturalist, malacologist and paleontologist.

Taxon names authored

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68 taxon names authored by William Healey Dall
Author, or senior author in the description of, 354 genera and subgenera, and 3,959 species and subspecies.

Eponyms

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5 eponyms of William Healey Dall

Publications

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1866

Dall, W.H. 1866. On a species of Helix from California, supposed to be new. American journal of conchology. 2:328–329. BHL. Reference page.

1870

Dall, W.H. 1870. A revision of the Terebratulidae and Lingulidae, with remarks on and descriptions of some recent forms. American Journal of Conchology 6(2): 88–168, pl. 6–8. BHL Reference page.
Dall, W.H. 1870. XXVII.—On the genus Pompholyx and its allies, with a revision of the Limnæidæ of authors. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.
Dall, W.H. 1870. Alaska and its resources. Boston. Lee and Shepard.
Dall, W.H. 1870. Remarks on the anatomy of the genus Siphonaria, with a description of a new species.
Dall, W.H. 1870. Revision of the classification of the Mollusca of Massachusetts.
Dall, W.H. 1870. Materials for a monograph on the family Lepetidae. American Journal of Conchology.

1871

Dall, W.H. 1871. Report on the Brachiopoda obtained by the United States Coast Survey Expedition, in charge of L. F. de Pourtales, with a revision of the Craniidae and Discinidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 3(1): 1–45, 2 pl. BHL Reference page.
Dall, W.H. 1871. Descriptions of sixty new forms of mollusks and brachiopods of the southeastern coast of North America and the North Pacific Ocean, with notes on others already described. American Journal of Conchology 7(2): 93–159. BHL Reference page.

1872

Dall, W.H. 1872. On the parasites of the cetaceans of the N.W. coast of America, with descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, series 1, 4(5): 299–301. BHL Reference page.

1878

Dall, W.H. 1878. Descriptions of new forms of mollusks from Alaska contained in the collection of the National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 1: 1–3.

1881

Dall, W.H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the U.S.Coast Survey Steamer Blake. 15. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 9, 33–144.

1886

Dall, W.H. 1886. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Carribean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 12(6): 171–318, pls 1–9. BHL Reference page.

1889

Dall, W.H. 1889. On the hinge of pelecypods and its development, with an attempt toward a better subdivision of the group. American Journal of Science Series 3, 38(228): 445–462. DOI: 10.2475/ajs.s3-38.228.445 BHL Reference page.
Dall, W.H. 1889. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part II. Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. In: Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879–80), by the U.S. coast survey steamer "Blake," Lieut.-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N, and commander J.R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy 18: 1–492, pls 1–40. BHL Reference page.
Dall, W.H. 1889. A preliminary catalogue of the shell-bearing marine mollusks and brachiopods of the southeastern coast of the United States, with illustrations of many of the species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 37: 1–221, pls 1–74.

1890

Dall, W.H. 1890. Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Part I. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science 3(1): 1-200. BHL Reference page.

1891

Dall, W.H. 1891. Description of a new species of Hyalina. The Nautilus 5(1): 10–11. BHL Reference page.
Dall, W.H. 1891. Terebratulina (unguicula Cpr. var?) kiiensis, Dall and Pilsbry. The Nautilus 5(2): 18–19. BHL Reference page.
Dall, W.H. 1891. On a new subgenus of Meretrix, with descriptiuons of two new species from Brazil. The Nautilus 5(3): 26–29. BHL Reference page.
Dall, W.H. 1891. On some marine mollusks from the southern coast of Brazil. The Nautilus 5(4): 42–44. BHL Reference page.

1892

Dall, W.H. 1892. Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Part II. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science 3(2): 201-474. BHL Reference page.
Dall, W.H. 1892. On some types new to the fauna of the Galapagos Islands. The Nautilus 5(9): 97–99. BHL Reference page.
Dall, W.H. 1892. On the species of Donax of eastern North America. The Nautilus 5(11): 125–127. BHL Reference page.
Dall, W.H. 1892. On an undescribed Cytherea from the Gulf of Mexico. The Nautilus 5(12): 134–135. BHL Reference page.
Dall, W.H. 1892. Note on Cytherea convexa Say. The Nautilus 6(5): 52–53. BHL Reference page.

1893

Dall, W.H. 1893. Additional shells from the coast of southern Brazil. The Nautilus 6(10): 109–112. BHL Reference page.

1895

Dall, W.H. 1895. Scientific results of exploration by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross" XXXIV. Report on Mollusca and Brachiopoda dredged in deep water, chiefly near the Hawaiian Islands, with illustrations of hitherto unfigured species from northwest America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 17: 675–733, pls 23–32. BHL Reference page.
Dall, W.H. 1895. Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Part III. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science 3(3): 475-570. BHL Reference page.

1898

Dall, W.H. 1898. Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science 3(4): [i]–viii, 571–948, pl. 23–35. BHL Reference page.

1900

Dall, W.H. 1900. Contributions to the Tertiary Fauna of Florida, with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Part 5, Teleodesmacea: Solen to Diplodonta. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Philadelphia 3(5): 949–1218. BHL Reference page.
Dall, W.H. 1900. Some names which must be discarded. The Nautilus 14(4): 44–45. BHL Reference page.

1901

Dall, W.H. & Bartsch, P. 1901. A new Californian Bittium. The Nautilus 15(5): 58–59. BHL Reference page.

1902

Dall, W.H. 1902. Note on the names Elachista and Pleurotomaria. The Nautilus 15(11): 127. BHL Reference page.
Dall, W.H. 1902. Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured, or imperfectly known shells, chiefly American, in the U. S. National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 24(1264), 499–566, pls 27–40.
Dall, W.H. 1902. Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. US Government Printing Office.

1903

Dall, W.H. 1903. Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Part VI. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science 3(6): [i]-xiv, 1219-1654. BHL Reference page.

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. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 43(6): 205–487, pls 1–22. BHL Reference page.

1909

Dall, W.H. 1909. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of the Pacific Coast. U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 59: 1–142. (PDF). Reference page.

1920

Dall, W.H. 1920. Annotated list of the recent Brachiopoda in the collection of the United States National Museum, with descriptions of thirty-three new forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57(2314): 261–377. BHL Reference page.

1921

Dall, W.H. 1921. Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America: from San Diego, California, to the Polar Sea, mostly contained in the … Govt. print. off.

1924

Dall, W.H. 1924. On the value of nuclear characters in the classification of marine gastropods. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.
Dall, W.H. 1924. Notes on molluscan nomenclature. Biological Society of Washington.
Dall, W.H. 1924. A remarkable caecid from Florida. The Nautilus.

1927

Dall, W.H. 1927. Small Shells from Dredgings off the Southeast Coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross" in 1885 and 1886. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(art. 18) 1–134. BHL

1938

Dall, W.H., Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H.A. 1938. A Manual of the Recent and Fossil Marine Pelecypod Mollusks of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin Bernice P. Bishop Museum 153: 1–233. Hathitrust Reference page.