WoRMS name details
Teredo gigantea Home, 1806
527861 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527861)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine
Home E. (1806). Observations on the shell of the sea worm found on the coast of Sumatra , proving it to belong to a species of Teredo;
with an account of the anatomy of the <i>Teredo navalis</i>. <em>Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 96: 276-292, pl. 12-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51968529 [details]
Type locality contained in Sumatra
type locality contained in Sumatra [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Teredo gigantea Home, 1806. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527861 on 2026-04-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Home E. (1806). Observations on the shell of the sea worm found on the coast of Sumatra , proving it to belong to a species of Teredo;
with an account of the anatomy of the <i>Teredo navalis</i>. <em>Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 96: 276-292, pl. 12-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51968529 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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): 103 [details]
page(s): 103 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
