WoRMS name details
Teredo megathorax G. B. Sowerby II, 1875
531907 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531907)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1875-1876). Monograph of the genus <i>Teredo</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 20, pls 1-4 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pl. 2, May 1875; pls. 1, 3, 4, 1876, no month date]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8230147
page(s): pl. 2, fig 8a, b. [details]
page(s): pl. 2, fig 8a, b. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Teredo megathorax G. B. Sowerby II, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531907 on 2025-05-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1875-1876). Monograph of the genus <i>Teredo</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 20, pls 1-4 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pl. 2, May 1875; pls. 1, 3, 4, 1876, no month date]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8230147
page(s): pl. 2, fig 8a, b. [details]
page(s): pl. 2, fig 8a, b. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
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): 110 [details]
Other
additional source
Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details] 
