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Teredo megotara Hanley, 1848

531316 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531316)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Bivalvia
  5. Autobranchia
  6. Heteroconchia
  7. Euheterodonta
  8. Imparidentia
  9. Myida
  10. Pholadoidea
  11. Teredinidae
  12. Teredininae
  13. Teredo
  14. Teredo megotara
 unaccepted (original binomen)
Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley, 1848)
Species
Teredo Linnaeus, 1758

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  1. Variety Teredo megotara var. excisa Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  2. Variety Teredo megotara var. mionota Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  3. Variety Teredo megotara var. striatior Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). <i>A history of British Mollusca and their shells</i>. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16341
page(s): vol. 1 p. 77; pl. 1 fig 6; pl. 18 fig. 1-2 [details] 
Note Herne Bay, Kent, England  
Type locality Herne Bay, Kent, England [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Teredo megotara Hanley, 1848. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531316 on 2026-09-02
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Teredo megotara Hanley, 1848. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=531316 on 2026-09-02
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2010-10-11 15:45:44Z
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Rosenberg, Gary
2010-10-17 14:19:14Z
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Rosenberg, Gary
2021-10-13 16:04:57Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

original description Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). <i>A history of British Mollusca and their shells</i>. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16341
page(s): vol. 1 p. 77; pl. 1 fig 6; pl. 18 fig. 1-2 [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): 110 [details] 
 
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Type locality Herne Bay, Kent, England [details]
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