William H. Dall* (1845-08-21 - 1927-03-27) person

Collector (in 9 collections)

• IZ (38 records) in years 1873-1887
• Mala (30 records) in years 1865-1919
• Herp (22 records) in years 1863-1925
• Orn (17 records) in years 1867-1874
• Ent (5 records) none known to year
• Ich (5 records) none known to year
• Mamm (5 records) in years 1863-1867
• VP (1 record) none known to year

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Collector (in 68 families)

• Amphibia: Plethodontidae (9 records) in year 1925
• Amphibia: Ranidae (2 records) in year 1863
• Amphibia: Salamandridae (7 records) in years 1863-1871
• Amphibia: [no family] (1 record) none known to year
• Aves: Alcidae (1 record) in year 1872
• Aves: Anatidae (2 records) in year 1867
• Aves: Cinclidae (1 record) in year 1871
• Aves: Emberizidae (5 records) in year 1868
• Aves: Picidae (1 record) in year 1867
• Aves: Scolopacidae (3 records) in years 1867-1868
• Aves: Strigidae (1 record) in year 1868
• Aves: Tetraonidae (2 records) in year 1867
• Aves: [no family] (1 record) in year 1874
• Bivalvia: Anomiidae (1 record) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Astartidae (1 record) in year 1872
• Bivalvia: Carditidae (1 record) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Mactridae (1 record) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Nuculanidae (3 records) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Pectinidae (2 records) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae (1 record) in year 1885
• Bivalvia: Tellinidae (2 records) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Unionidae (1 record) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Veneridae (2 records) none known to year
• Demospongiae: Axinellidae (1 record) none known to year
• Demospongiae: Cladorhizidae (3 records) none known to year
• Demospongiae: Coelosphaeridae (1 record) none known to year
• Demospongiae: Halichondriidae (1 record) none known to year
• Demospongiae: Iotrochotidae (1 record) none known to year
• Demospongiae: Isodictyidae (8 records) in year 1873
• Demospongiae: Mycalidae (3 records) none known to year
• Demospongiae: Myxillidae (3 records) none known to year
• Demospongiae: Suberitidae (2 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Buccinidae (2 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Epitoniidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Fissurellidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Helminthoglyptidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Littorinidae (3 records) in year 1865
• Gastropoda: Muricidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Philomycidae (1 record) in year 1919
• Gastropoda: Physidae (2 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Planorbidae (1 record) none known to year
• Insecta: Apatelodidae (1 record) none known to year
• Insecta: Formicidae (1 record) none known to year
• Insecta: Nymphalidae (2 records) none known to year
• Insecta: Pieridae (1 record) none known to year
• Malacostraca: Asellidae (1 record) none known to year
• Malacostraca: Cambaridae (1 record) in year 1887
• Malacostraca: Gammaridae (1 record) none known to year
• Malacostraca: Idoteidae (1 record) none known to year
• Malacostraca: Majidae (2 records) none known to year
• Malacostraca: Oniscidae (1 record) none known to year
• Malacostraca: Paguridae (1 record) none known to year
• Malacostraca: Varunidae (1 record) none known to year
• Malacostraca: Xanthidae (1 record) none known to year
• Mammalia: Equidae (1 record) none known to year
• Mammalia: Sciuridae (1 record) none known to year
• Mammalia: Vespertilionidae (2 records) in year 1863
• Mammalia: [no family] (2 records) in year 1867
• Ophiuroidea: Amphiuridae (2 records) none known to year
• Ophiuroidea: Ophiuridae (3 records) in year 1874
• Osteichthyes: Cottidae (1 record) none known to year
• Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae (2 records) none known to year
• Osteichthyes: Stichaeidae (1 record) none known to year
• Osteichthyes: Umbridae (1 record) none known to year
• Reptilia: Colubridae (2 records) none known to year
• Reptilia: Iguanidae (1 record) none known to year
• Scaphopoda: Dentaliidae (2 records) in year 1891
• : [no family] (2 records) none known to year

Preparator (of material in 0 collections)

• Not a preparator of any material in MCZbase

Determiner (in 4 collections)

• 667 identifications for 664 Malacology cataloged items
• 2 identifications for 2 Mammalogy cataloged items
• 1 identifications for 1 Ornithology cataloged items
• 2 identifications for 2 Invertebrate Paleontology cataloged items

Attribute Determiner (4 categories)

• sex for 1 Ornithology specimens
• age class for 1 Ornithology specimens
• plumage description for 1 Ornithology specimens
• sex for 2 Mammalogy specimens

Publications (25) [Those Citing MCZ material (21)]

• William H. Dall. 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 24:499–566. 1 citation
• William H. Dall. 1895. DIAGNOSES OF NEW MOLLUSKS FROM THE SURVEY OF THE MEXICAN BOUNDRARY. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18:1–6.
• Dall, W. H. 1880. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, 1877-78, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake," Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., Commanding. V. General conclusions from a preliminary examination of the Mollusca. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 6(3):85–93.
• Dall, W. H. 1893. On a New Species of Yoldia from California. The Nautilus 7-9: 29. 1 citation
• Dall, W. H. 1878. (Letter No. 2) To C.P. Patterson, Superintendent Coast Survey, Washington, D.C., from Alexander Agassiz, on the Dredging Operations of the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake," during parts of March and April, 1878, with the Preliminary Report on the Mollusca of the Expedition. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 5(6):55–64.
• 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. XXXII. Reports on the scientific results of the Expedition to eastern tropical Pacific on the "Albatross" XIV. The Mollusca and the Brachiopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 43(6):203–487. 87 citations
• 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, 1877-78, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake," Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., Commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 9(2):33–144. 199 citations
• Dall, W. H. 1881. On certain limpets and chitons from the deep waters off the eastern coast of the United States. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 4(246):400–414. 3 citations
• Dall, W. H. 1919. The Mollusca of the Arctic coast of America collected by the Canadian Arctic expedition west from Bathurst Inlet with an appended report on a collection of Pleistocene fossil Mollusca. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18 Part A, 8:1–25. 1 citation
• Dall, W. H. 1910. On some land shells collected by Dr. Hiram Bingham in Peru. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 38(1736):177–182. 2 citations
• William H. Dall. 1895. DIAGNOSES OF NEW SPECIES OF MOLLUSKS FROM THE WEST COAST OF AMERICA. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18:7–20. 3 citations
• Dall, W. H. 1894. Cruise of the steam yacht "Wild Duck" in the Bahamas, January to April, 1893, in charge of Alexander Agassiz. II. Notes on the shells collected from the shores of the Great Lagoon, Watling Island, Bahamas. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(9):120–124. 1 citation
• Dall, W. H. 1886. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), in the Caribbean (1878-79), and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake," Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., Commanding. XXXV Report on the Mollusca. Part I. Brachiopoda and Pelycypoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 12(6):171–318. 74 citations
• Dall, W. H. and P. Bartsch. 1909. A monograph of west American Pyramidellid mollusks. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 68:1–258. 2 citations
• Dall, W. H. 1905. Report on land and fresh water shells collected in the Bahamas in 1904, by Mr. Owen Bryant and others. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 47:433–452. 2 citations
• Dall, W. H. 1896. Diagnoses of new species of mollusks from the west coast of America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18:7–20. 1 citation
• Dall, W. H. 1890. Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. VII - Preliminary report on the collection of Mollusca and Brachiopoda obtained in 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 12(773):219–362. 1 citation
• William H. Dall. 1890. Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. VII. Preliminary report on the collection of Mollusca and Brachiopoda obtained in 1887-88. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 12:219–362. 9 citations
• William H. Dall. 1887. Correspondence. The Conchologists' exchange 2:9–10. 1 citation
• Dall, W. H. 1892. On some types new to the fauna of the Galapagos Islands. The Nautilus 5(9):97–99. 1 citation
• Dall, W. H. 1924. A remarkable caecid from Florida. The Nautilus 38(1):7–8. 1 citation
• Dall, W. H. 1871. Report on the Brachiopoda obtained by the United States Coast Survey Expedition, in charge of L.F. DePourtales, with a revision of the Cranidae and Discinidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 3(1):1–45.
• Dall, W. H. 1889. 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. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part II Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18(1):1–492. 238 citations
• W. H. Dall. 1925. New shells from Japan. The Nautilus 38(3):95–97. 1 citation
• Dall, W. H. 1888. Description of a new species of Hyalina. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 11: 214. 1 citation