MolluscaBase name details
Kuphus gigantea (Home, 1806)
1439149 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439149)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Teredo gigantea Home, 1806) Home E. (1806). Observations on the shell of the sea worm found on the coast of Sumatra , proving it to belong to a species of Teredo;
with an account of the anatomy of the <i>Teredo navalis</i>. <em>Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 96: 276-292, pl. 12-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51968529 [details]
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(of Teredo gigantea Home, 1806) Home E. (1806). Observations on the shell of the sea worm found on the coast of Sumatra , proving it to belong to a species of Teredo;
with an account of the anatomy of the <i>Teredo navalis</i>. <em>Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 96: 276-292, pl. 12-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51968529 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1
note: name credited to G. B. Sowerby II, who did not cite original authority but only provided a new combination [details]
new combination reference Sowerby, G. B. II. (1875). Monograph of the genus <i>Kuphus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 20: 1 pl., unpaginated text. A. Reeve, London. [May 1875]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8230141
page(s): pl. 1, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1
note: name credited to G. B. Sowerby II, who did not cite original authority but only provided a new combination [details]
new combination reference Sowerby, G. B. II. (1875). Monograph of the genus <i>Kuphus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 20: 1 pl., unpaginated text. A. Reeve, London. [May 1875]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8230141
page(s): pl. 1, fig. 1 [details]
