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Uperotus clava (Gmelin, 1791)

531230  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531230)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Myida (Order)
  10. Pholadoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Teredinidae (Family)
  12. Teredininae (Subfamily)
  13. Uperotus (Genus)
  14. Uperotus clava (Species)
accepted
Species
Fistulana clavata Oken, 1815 · unaccepted (synonym)
Fistulana cornicula Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted (synonym)
Fistulana corniformis Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (synonym)
Fistulana gregata Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted (synonym)
Glumebra elegans Iredale, 1936 · unaccepted (synonym)
Glumebra shionomisakiensis Habe, 1953 · unaccepted (probable synonym)
Teredo clava Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Teredo cucurbita Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Teredo nucivorus Spengler, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym)
Teredo rehderi Nair, 1956 · unaccepted (probable synonym)
Teredo vattanansis Nair & Gurumani, 1957 · unaccepted (probable synonym)
Uperotus clavus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Teredo clava Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3748 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Uperotus clava (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531230 on 2025-05-07
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2010-10-11 15:45:44Z
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Rosenberg, Gary
2023-10-28 02:04:09Z
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Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description (of Teredo clava Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3748 [details] 

original description (of Fistulana clavata Oken, 1815) Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Fistulana cornicula Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 129 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Teredo cucurbita Mörch, 1853) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921 [details] 

original description (of Glumebra elegans Iredale, 1936) Iredale, T. (1936). Queensland cobra or shipworms. A systematic account of the teredinid molluscs of south Queensland. <em>Queensland Forest Service Bulletin.</em> 12: 1-14.
page(s): 13 [details] 

original description (of Fistulana gregata Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 129 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Glumebra shionomisakiensis Habe, 1953) Habe, T. (1953). Descriptions of twelve new Japanese shells. <em>Venus.</em> 17(3): 130-144., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.18941/venusjjmc.17.3_130
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Spelling "Clava" is a noun, so the ending does not change to agree with the genus. [details]

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Debris: transport of species on human generated debris (vessel) [details]
    Definitions

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications) (from synonym Teredo clava Gmelin, 1791)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Uperotus clava) 
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Teredo clava Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
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