Annotated Catalog of the Fossil Invertebrates Described by, and Named for, William More Gabb (1839 - 1878)
Author
Groves, Lindsey T.
Author
Squires, Richard L.
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Zootaxa
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2018-12-21
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SCAPHOPODA
affine
(
Dentalium
)
Gabb, 1872d: 244, unfigured.
Dominican Republic
; Miocene. [Junior homonym of
Dentalium affine
Blondi, 1859
].
Type Material:
“Types” ANSP 2711 [=
syntype
,
Steiner & Kabat 2004: 559
] (
Richards 1968: 207
).
Remarks:
Gabb's homonym renamed
Dentalium gabbi
Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897: 470–471
.
cooperi
(
Dentalium
)
Gabb, 1864b: 139, pl. 21, fig. 100. San Diego,
California
; so-called Cretaceous = Eocene (
Keen & Bentson 1944: 123
).
Type
Material:
“
Type
lot?” ANSP 13144 (
Richards 1968: 207
).
Remarks:
Anderson & Hanna (1925: 143)
stated that the
type
locality has been difficult to ascertain and noted “since Dr. Cooper really made collections at Rose Canyon near San Diego, from which Gabb described certain species, it is entirely probable that the
type
of
D. cooperi
came from there.”
Dentalium
(
Antalis
)
cooperi
Gabb
, according to
Shimer & Shrock (1944: 523)
.
haytensis
(
Dentalium
)
Gabb, 1872d: 244, unfigured.
Dominican Republic
; Miocene.
Type Material:
Holotype
ANSP 2715 (
Woodring 1925: 203
); “type”
Richards (1968: 208)
.
Remarks:
Pilsbry & Sharp (1897: 471
, pl. 11, figs. 8–9) figured the type.
Dentalium
(
Laevidentalium
)
haytense
Gabb
, according to
Woodring (1925: 202–203
, as
holotype
).
minutistriatum
(
Dentalium
)
Gabb,
1860i
: 386, pl. 67, fig. 46. Town Branch of Cedar creek near Wheelock, Robertson Co.,
Texas
; Eocene = Wheelock Member, Cook Mountain Formation, Claiborne Group (
Palmer & Brann 1965: 368
;
Hodgkinson 1974: 21–22
).
Type
Material:
“
Types
” ANSP 13264 (
Richards 1968: 208
).
Remarks:
Dentalium
(
Antalis
)
minutistriatum
(Gabb)
, according to
Hodgkinson (1974: 22)
.
ponderosum
(
Dentalium
)
Gabb, 1872d: 244–245, unfigured.
Dominican Republic
; Miocene.
Type Material:
Syntypes
ANSP 2708 (
Richards 1968: 209
).
Remarks:
Pilsbry & Sharp (1897: 470
, pl. 10,
figs. 1
–3, pl. 11, figs. 15–16) figured the type.
Dentalium
(
Tesseracme
)
dissimile ponderosum
Gabb
, according to
Woodring (1925: 200– 201)
.
pusillum
(
Dentalium
(
Ditrupa
?)) Gabb, 1864b: 139, pl. 21, fig. 99. [Junior homonym of
Dentalium pusillum
Philippi, 1836
]. Northeast of Martinez, Contra
Costa
Co.,
California
; so-called Cretaceous = Eocene (
Anderson & Hanna 1925: 146
).
Type Material:
Lectotype
ANSP 79582 of
Emerson (1957: 989)
.
Remarks:
Gabb’s species renamed
Cadulus
(
Platyschides
)
gabbi
by
Pilsbry & Sharp (1898: 236)
.
Emerson (1957: 985
, 988–989, pl. 126,
figs. 1
, 5) figured this scaphopod, discussed its taxonomic history, selected the
lectotype
, and supplemented Gabb's "inadequate original description and poor illustration…".
ripleyanum
(
Dentalium
)
Gabb,
1860i
: 393, pl. 69, fig. 48 [not. pl. 68, fig. 17]. Ripley Group, Eufala [= Eufaula], Barbour Co., Alabama; Cretaceous.
Type
Material:
“
Type
” ANSP (
Richards 1968: 209
).
Remarks:
Whitfield (1892: 167)
noted “this species is cited by Mr. Gabb [1861e] from New Jersey, on p. 49 of his synopsis” but was unable to find his description of the species and had seen no specimens he could identify with
D. ripleyanum
.
rudis
(?
Dentalium
) Gabb, 1872d: 244, unfigured.
Dominican Republic
; Miocene.
Type
Material:
“
Types
?” ANSP 2716 (
Richards 1968: 209
).
Remarks:
Type
figured by
Pilsbry & Sharp (1897: 471
, pl. 10, figs. 4, 8). Appears to be a worm tube, according to
Pilsbry (1922: 399)
. Not a scaphopod (
Steiner & Kabat 2004: 639
).
stramineum
(
Dentalium
)
Gabb, 1864b: 139–140, pl. 21, fig. 101. Northeast of Martinez, Contra
Costa
Co.,
California
; so-called Cretaceous = Eocene (
Keen & Bentson 1944: 123
).
Type
Material:
“
Type
lot?” ANSP 13143 (
Richards 1968: 209
).
subcoarcuata
(
Ditrupa
)
Gabb,
1860i
: 386, pl. 67, fig. 47. Town Branch of Cedar Creek near Wheelock, Robertson Co.,
Texas
; Eocene = Wheelock Member, Cook Mountain Formation, Claiborne Group (
Palmer & Brann 1965: 363
).
Type Material:
“Types” ANSP 13263 (
Richards 1968: 192
) (possibly lost according to
Hodgkinson 1974: 20
).
Remarks:
Palmer (1937: 24–25
, pl. 78,
fig. 1
) figured the
holotype
.
Cadulus
(
Polyschides
)
subcoarcuata
(Gabb)
, according to
Hodgkinson (1974: 19–20)
. Unjustified emendation of
Dentalium subcoarcuata
Gabb
, according to
Steiner & Kabat (2004: 649)
.