MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Teredothyra excavata (Jeffreys, 1860)

WoRMS taxon details

Teredothyra excavata (Jeffreys, 1860)

AphiaID

141610 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141610)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Teredothyra Bartsch, 1921

Original name

Teredo excavata Jeffreys, 1860

Synonymised names

Teredo (Teredothyra) palauensis Edmondson, 1959 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Teredo (Teredothyra) subicensis Edmondson, 1959 · unaccepted

Teredo excavata Jeffreys, 1860 · unaccepted (original combination)

Teredo linearis Nair, 1958 · unaccepted (synonym)

Teredo palauensis Edmondson, 1959 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Teredo subicensis Edmondson, 1959 · unaccepted (probable synonym)

Teredo tritubulata Moll, 1941 · unaccepted (synonym)

Teredothyra remiformis (K.-M. Li, 1965) · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Teredo excavata Jeffreys, 1860) Jeffreys, J. G. (1860). A synoptical list of the British species of Teredo with a notice of the exotic species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3(6): 121-127., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22218533
page(s): 123 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Teredothyra excavata (Jeffreys, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141610 on 2025-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2023-12-13 19:16:14Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Teredo excavata Jeffreys, 1860) Jeffreys, J. G. (1860). A synoptical list of the British species of Teredo with a notice of the exotic species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3(6): 121-127., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22218533
page(s): 123 [details]

original description (of Teredo (Teredothyra) palauensis Edmondson, 1959) Edmondson, C. H. (1959). Two new species of Teredo. subgenus Teredothyra, from the Western Pacific. Occasional Papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 22: 203-206.
page(s): 203 [details]

original description (of Teredo (Teredothyra) subicensis Edmondson, 1959) Edmondson, C. H. (1959). Two new species of Teredo. subgenus Teredothyra, from the Western Pacific. Occasional Papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 22: 203-206. [details]

basis of record Turner, R. D. (1966). A survey and illustrated catalogue of Teredinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge (Massachusetts). ix + 265 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/134382
page(s): 100 [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 1000 [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

additional source Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]