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

PsiloteredoBartsch, 1922accepted 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

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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

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Occurrence

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