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Furcella gigantea (Home, 1806)
531332 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531332)
unaccepted
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Furcella Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Kuphus Guettard, 1770
marine
(of Teredo gigantea Home, 1806) Home E. (1806). Observations on the shell of the sea worm found on the coast of Sumatra , proving it to belong to a species of Teredo;
with an account of the anatomy of the <i>Teredo navalis</i>. <em>Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 96: 276-292, pl. 12-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51968529 [details]
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(of Teredo gigantea Home, 1806) Home E. (1806). Observations on the shell of the sea worm found on the coast of Sumatra , proving it to belong to a species of Teredo;
with an account of the anatomy of the <i>Teredo navalis</i>. <em>Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 96: 276-292, pl. 12-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51968529 [details]
new combination reference Gray, J. E. (1858). Observations on the genus <i>Furcella</i>, Oken, a Conchifer without concha or normal valves, and on the genera <i>Teredo</i> and <i>Chæna</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1857) 25: 243-248, pl. 39., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451388 [details]
new combination reference Gray, J. E. (1858). Observations on the genus <i>Furcella</i>, Oken, a Conchifer without concha or normal valves, and on the genera <i>Teredo</i> and <i>Chæna</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1857) 25: 243-248, pl. 39., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451388 [details]
