WoRMS taxon details
Nausitora fusticulus (Jeffreys, 1860)
527835 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527835)
accepted
Species
Bankia (Nausitora) braziliensis Bartsch, 1922 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bankia braziliensis Bartsch, 1922 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bankia excolpa Bartsch, 1922 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Nausitoria fusticula (Jeffreys, 1860) · unaccepted (misspelled genus and species)
Teredo fusticulus Jeffreys, 1860 · unaccepted (original binomen)
marine
(of Teredo fusticulus Jeffreys, 1860) Jeffreys, J. G. (1860). A synoptical list of the British species of <i>Teredo</i> with a notice of the exotic species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 3(6): 121-127., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22218533
page(s): 125 [details]
page(s): 125 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nausitora fusticulus (Jeffreys, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527835 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Teredo fusticulus Jeffreys, 1860) Jeffreys, J. G. (1860). A synoptical list of the British species of <i>Teredo</i> with a notice of the exotic species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 3(6): 121-127., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22218533
page(s): 125 [details]
original description (of Bankia (Nausitora) braziliensis Bartsch, 1922) Bartsch, P. (1922). A monograph of the American shipworms. <em>United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 122: 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7875085
page(s): 12 [details]
basis of record Turner, R. D. (1966). <i>A survey and illustrated catalogue of Teredinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia)</i>. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge (Massachusetts). ix + 265 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/134382
page(s): 102 [details]
page(s): 125 [details]
original description (of Bankia (Nausitora) braziliensis Bartsch, 1922) Bartsch, P. (1922). A monograph of the American shipworms. <em>United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 122: 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7875085
page(s): 12 [details]
basis of record Turner, R. D. (1966). <i>A survey and illustrated catalogue of Teredinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia)</i>. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge (Massachusetts). ix + 265 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/134382
page(s): 102 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling The specific name is a noun (diminutive of Latin fustis, a stick) so must be treated as invariable. Jeffreys correctly treated the genus Teredo as feminine in the original publication and spelled this species name fusticulus [details]
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Teredo fusticulus Jeffreys, 1860)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Bankia braziliensis Bartsch, 1922)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Bankia excolpa Bartsch, 1922)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Teredo fusticulus Jeffreys, 1860)
To ITIS
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Teredo fusticulus Jeffreys, 1860)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Bankia braziliensis Bartsch, 1922)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Bankia excolpa Bartsch, 1922)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Teredo fusticulus Jeffreys, 1860)
To ITIS
