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Uperotus clava (Gmelin, 1791)
531230 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531230)
accepted
Species
Fistulana clavata Oken, 1815 · unaccepted (synonym)
Fistulana cornicula Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted (synonym)
Fistulana corniformis Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (synonym)
Fistulana gregata Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted (synonym)
Glumebra elegans Iredale, 1936 · unaccepted (synonym)
Glumebra shionomisakiensis Habe, 1953 · unaccepted (probable synonym)
Guetara corniformis (Lamarck, 1818) · unaccepted
Teredo clava Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Teredo cucurbita Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Teredo nucivorus L. Spengler, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym)
Teredo rehderi Nair, 1956 · unaccepted (probable synonym)
Teredo vattanansis Nair & Gurumani, 1957 · unaccepted (probable synonym)
Uperotus clavus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Teredo clava Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3748 [details]
page(s): 3748 [details]
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original description
(of Teredo clava Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3748 [details]
original description (of Fistulana clavata Oken, 1815) Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403 [details]
original description (of Fistulana cornicula Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 129 [details]
original description (of Teredo cucurbita Mörch, 1853) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921 [details]
original description (of Glumebra elegans Iredale, 1936) Iredale, T. (1936). Queensland cobra or shipworms. A systematic account of the teredinid molluscs of south Queensland. <em>Queensland Forest Service Bulletin.</em> 12: 1-14.
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Fistulana gregata Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 129 [details]
original description (of Glumebra shionomisakiensis Habe, 1953) Habe, T. (1953). Descriptions of twelve new Japanese shells. <em>Venus.</em> 17(3): 130-144., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.18941/venusjjmc.17.3_130
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
page(s): 3748 [details]
original description (of Fistulana clavata Oken, 1815) Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403 [details]
original description (of Fistulana cornicula Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 129 [details]
original description (of Teredo cucurbita Mörch, 1853) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921 [details]
original description (of Glumebra elegans Iredale, 1936) Iredale, T. (1936). Queensland cobra or shipworms. A systematic account of the teredinid molluscs of south Queensland. <em>Queensland Forest Service Bulletin.</em> 12: 1-14.
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Fistulana gregata Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 129 [details]
original description (of Glumebra shionomisakiensis Habe, 1953) Habe, T. (1953). Descriptions of twelve new Japanese shells. <em>Venus.</em> 17(3): 130-144., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.18941/venusjjmc.17.3_130
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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Spelling "Clava" is a noun, so the ending does not change to agree with the genus. [details]
