WoRMS taxon details
Kuphinae Tryon, 1862
527817 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527817)
accepted
Subfamily
- Genus Kuphus Guettard, 1770
- Genus Clossonaria A. Férussac, 1822 accepted as Kuphus Guettard, 1770 (treated as a substitute name for Septaria [= Septaria Lamarck, non J. Férussac].)
- Genus Septaria Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Kuphus Guettard, 1770 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, invalid: junior homonym of Septaria J. Ferussac, 1807)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Tryon, G. W. (1862). On the classification and synonymy of the recent species of Pholadidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14(5): 191-221., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26361163
page(s): 193, 194 [details]
page(s): 193, 194 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Kuphinae Tryon, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527817 on 2026-05-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Tryon, G. W. (1862). On the classification and synonymy of the recent species of Pholadidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14(5): 191-221., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26361163
page(s): 193, 194 [details]
basis of record 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): 73 [details]
page(s): 193, 194 [details]
basis of record 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): 73 [details]
