WoRMS name details
Teredo batavus Spengler, 1792
530574 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:530574)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1875-1876). Monograph of the genus Teredo. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 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 Pholas blant de mangeskallede Muskeler, med dens hidindtil bekiendte gamle og nye Arter, samt den dermed i Forbindelse staaende Slægt Teredo Linn. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn. 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 Pholas blant de mangeskallede Muskeler, med dens hidindtil bekiendte gamle og nye Arter, samt den dermed i Forbindelse staaende Slægt Teredo Linn. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn. 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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Teredo batavus Spengler, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530574 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1875-1876). Monograph of the genus Teredo. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 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 Pholas blant de mangeskallede Muskeler, med dens hidindtil bekiendte gamle og nye Arter, samt den dermed i Forbindelse staaende Slægt Teredo Linn. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn. 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]
original description Spengler, L. (1792). Betragtninger og Anmærkninger ved den Linneiske Slægt Pholas blant de mangeskallede Muskeler, med dens hidindtil bekiendte gamle og nye Arter, samt den dermed i Forbindelse staaende Slægt Teredo Linn. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn. 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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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): 90 [details]
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]