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Teredo batavus L. Spengler, 1792
530574 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:530574)
unaccepted (synonym)
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marine
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1875-1876). Monograph of the genus <i>Teredo</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 20, pls 1-4 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pl. 2, May 1875; pls. 1, 3, 4, 1876, no month date]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8230147 [details]
Spengler, L. (1792). Betragtninger og Anmærkninger ved den Linneiske Slægt <i>Pholas</i> blant de mangeskallede Muskeler, med dens hidindtil bekiendte gamle og nye Arter, samt den dermed i Forbindelse staaende Slægt <i>Teredo</i> Linn. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 2 (1): 72-106, pl. 1., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN608227374_0002&DMDID=DMDLOG_0006
page(s): 103-104 [details]
Spengler, L. (1792). Betragtninger og Anmærkninger ved den Linneiske Slægt <i>Pholas</i> blant de mangeskallede Muskeler, med dens hidindtil bekiendte gamle og nye Arter, samt den dermed i Forbindelse staaende Slægt <i>Teredo</i> Linn. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 2 (1): 72-106, pl. 1., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN608227374_0002&DMDID=DMDLOG_0006
page(s): 103-104 [details]
Note Holland, the Netherlands.
From editor or global species database
Type locality Holland, the Netherlands. [details]
Nomenclature Turner (1966: 90) list Teredo batavus Sowerby, 1875 as an available name, but it is a misidentication of Spengler's taxon,...
Nomenclature Turner (1966: 90) list Teredo batavus Sowerby, 1875 as an available name, but it is a misidentication of Spengler's taxon, because Sowerby attributed the name to Spengler (G. Rosenberg, 7 October 2010). [details]
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original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1875-1876). Monograph of the genus <i>Teredo</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 20, pls 1-4 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pl. 2, May 1875; pls. 1, 3, 4, 1876, no month date]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8230147 [details]
original description Spengler, L. (1792). Betragtninger og Anmærkninger ved den Linneiske Slægt <i>Pholas</i> blant de mangeskallede Muskeler, med dens hidindtil bekiendte gamle og nye Arter, samt den dermed i Forbindelse staaende Slægt <i>Teredo</i> Linn. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 2 (1): 72-106, pl. 1., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN608227374_0002&DMDID=DMDLOG_0006
page(s): 103-104 [details]
source of synonymy 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): 90 [details]
original description Spengler, L. (1792). Betragtninger og Anmærkninger ved den Linneiske Slægt <i>Pholas</i> blant de mangeskallede Muskeler, med dens hidindtil bekiendte gamle og nye Arter, samt den dermed i Forbindelse staaende Slægt <i>Teredo</i> Linn. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 2 (1): 72-106, pl. 1., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN608227374_0002&DMDID=DMDLOG_0006
page(s): 103-104 [details]
source of synonymy 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): 90 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Turner (1966: 90) list Teredo batavus Sowerby, 1875 as an available name, but it is a misidentication of Spengler's taxon, because Sowerby attributed the name to Spengler (G. Rosenberg, 7 October 2010). [details]Type locality Holland, the Netherlands. [details]
