Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Myida > Superfamily Pholadoidea > Family Teredinidae > Subfamily Bankiinae > Genus Spathoteredo

Spathoteredo spatha (Jeffreys, 1860)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

SpathoteredoMoll, 1928accepted genus name

Species group names

Teredo spatha Jeffreys, 1860 synonym

Literature

basis of record

Turner, R. D. (1966). A survey and illustrated catalogue of Teredinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge (Massachusetts). ix + 265 pp.

additional source

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

additional source

Velásquez M., Valentich-Scott P. & Capelo J.C. (2017). Marine boring bivalve mollusks from Isla Margarita, Venezuela. The Festivus. 49(3): 247-269.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spathoteredo spatha (Jeffreys, 1860). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141604

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Importance

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2004-12-21 by Serge Gofas

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