World Polychaeta Database - Teredo simplex I. Lea, 1833 †

Polychaeta name details

Teredo simplex I. Lea, 1833 †

AphiaID

1559641 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1559641)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original binomen; described in Mollusca but reclassified as a polychaete)

Accepted name

Protula simplex (Lea, 1833) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Teredo Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Teredo simplex I. Lea, 1833 †

Environment

marine

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Lea, I. (1833). Contributions to Geology. Carey, Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, 227 pp. + 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17592495
page(s): 38, pl. 1, fig. 6 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Polychaeta (2025). Teredo simplex I. Lea, 1833 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1559641 on 2026-08-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2022-01-24 13:26:55Z

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2022-01-26 14:31:54Z

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Sources (2)

original description Lea, I. (1833). Contributions to Geology. Carey, Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, 227 pp. + 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17592495
page(s): 38, pl. 1, fig. 6 [details]

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): 122 [details]