ERMS name details
Teredo megotara Hanley, 1848
531316 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531316)
unaccepted (original binomen)
Species
- Variety Teredo megotara var. excisa Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley, 1848) (synonym)
- Variety Teredo megotara var. mionota Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley, 1848) (synonym)
- Variety Teredo megotara var. striatior Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley, 1848) (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]
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 2025-06-01
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Teredo megotara Hanley, 1848. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531316 on 2025-06-01
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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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Herne Bay, Kent, England [details]
