Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Myoida > Superfamily Pholadoidea > Family Teredinidae > Subfamily Teredininae > Genus Psiloteredo

Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley in Forbes & Hanley, 1848)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Psiloteredo*	Bartsch, 1922	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Teredo denticulata*	Fischer, 1856	synonym
*Teredo dilatata*	Stimpson, 1851	synonym
*Teredo megotara*	Hanley in Forbes & Hanley, 1848	synonym
*Teredo megotara var. excisa*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Teredo megotara var. mionota*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Teredo megotara var. striatior*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Teredo subericola*	Jeffreys, 1860	synonym
*Teredo subericola var. minor*	Jeffreys, 1860	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: skibspæleorm sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: scheepsworm sources: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.

English: big-ear shipworm sources: Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gévaert, F.; Massé, C.; Foveau, A.; Desroy, N.; Grulois, D. (2011). Les espèces marines animales et végétales introduites dans le bassin Artois-Picardie . UMR CNRS 8187 LOG/Agence de l’Eau Artois-Picardie: Douai. 138 pp.

French: petit taret

Literature

original description	Forbes, E. & Hanley, S.C. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells. London, van Voorst : Vol. 1: I-. LXXX (1853) 1-486 (1848). Vol. 2: 1-480 (1 dec. 1849) 481-557 (1850). Vol. 3: 1-320 (1850) 321-616 (1851). Vol. 4: 1-300 (1852). Introduction I-LXXX [1853]
basis of record	Turner, R. D. 1966. A Survey and Illustrated Catalogue of Teredinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Cambridge (Massachusetts): Museum of Comparative Zoology. ix, 265 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM)
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley in Forbes & Hanley, 1848). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141602