WoRMS taxon details
Kuphus Guettard, 1770
204632 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204632)
accepted
Genus
Serpula polythalamia Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Kuphus polythalamius (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by subsequent designation)
Clossonaria A. Férussac, 1822 · unaccepted (treated as a substitute name for...)
treated as a substitute name for Septaria [= Septaria Lamarck, non J. Férussac].
Furcella Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted (synonym)
Septaria Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Septaria J. Ferussac, 1807
Teredo (Kuphus) Guettard, 1770 · unaccepted
- Species Kuphus melitensis Maempel, 1993 †
- Species Kuphus polythalamius (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Subgenus Kuphus (Coeloteredo) Bartsch, 1923 accepted as Teredo Linnaeus, 1758
- Subgenus Kuphus (Idioteredo) Iw. Taki & T. Habe, 1945 accepted as Teredothyra Bartsch, 1921 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Kuphus (Idioteredo) kiiensis Iw. Taki & Habe, 1945 accepted as Teredothyra smithi (Bartsch, 1927)
- Species Kuphus arenarius (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Kuphus polythalamius (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
- Species Kuphus clausa G. B. Sowerby II, 1875 accepted as Kuphus polythalamius (Linnaeus, 1767) (probable synonym)
- Species Kuphus gigantea (Home, 1806) accepted as Kuphus polythalamius (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Kuphus incrassatus Gabb, 1873 † accepted as Teredo incrassatus (Gabb, 1873) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Kuphus kiiensis Iw. Taki & Habe, 1945 accepted as Teredothyra smithi (Bartsch, 1927) (probable synonym)
- Species Kuphus mannii E. P. Wright, 1866 accepted as Dicyathifer mannii (E. P. Wright, 1866) (original combination)
- Species Kuphus polythalamia (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Kuphus polythalamius (Linnaeus, 1767) (wrong grammatical agreement of the species epithet)
- Species Kuphus teredoides Iw. Taki & Habe, 1945 accepted as Teredo triangularis Edmondson, 1942 (probable synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Guettard J.E. (1770). Mémoires sur différentes parties des Sciences et Arts [qui referme] ... Deuxième Mémoire, qui renferme la concordance des auteurs qui ont parlé des tuyaux marins fossiles, auxquels on a comparé ceux qui se pêchent actuellement dans la mer. Classe des Tuyaux Marins. Troisième Mémoire. Sur les erreurs où l'on a été au sujet des tuyaux marins. <em>Paris, Prault.</em> 3(544): 71., available online at http://www-gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/cgi-bin/digbib.cgi?PPN483932760
page(s): 139 [details]
page(s): 139 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kuphus Guettard, 1770. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204632 on 2025-05-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Guettard J.E. (1770). Mémoires sur différentes parties des Sciences et Arts [qui referme] ... Deuxième Mémoire, qui renferme la concordance des auteurs qui ont parlé des tuyaux marins fossiles, auxquels on a comparé ceux qui se pêchent actuellement dans la mer. Classe des Tuyaux Marins. Troisième Mémoire. Sur les erreurs où l'on a été au sujet des tuyaux marins. <em>Paris, Prault.</em> 3(544): 71., available online at http://www-gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/cgi-bin/digbib.cgi?PPN483932760
page(s): 139 [details]
original description (of Septaria Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 436 [details]
original description (of Clossonaria A. Férussac, 1822) Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de. (1821-1822). Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un Prodrome général pour tous les mollusques ou fluviatiles, vivantes ou fossiles. <em>Paris, 1821 et 1822.</em> Livraison 9: 1-24 (Quarto edition) [Folio edition: 1-32] (6-IV-1821); livr. 10: 25-48 (Quarto) [Folio: 33-56] (26-V-1821); livr. 11: 49-72 (Quarto) [Folio: 57-76] (13-VII-1821); livr. 12: 73-88 (Quarto) [Folio: 77-92] (21-IX-1821); livr. 13: 89-110 (Quarto) [Folio: 93-114] (10-XI-1821); livr. 14: i-xxiv (Quarto) (16-II-1822); livr. 15: xxv-xlvii[i] (Quarto) (13-IV-1822); livr. 16: 1-27 (Quarto) (16-VII-1822). – Paris / London (Arthus Bertrand / G.B. Sowerby). Note: the “Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques” is published in livraisons 14-15, the “Tableau systématique de la famille des Limaçons” is published in livrs. 10-13, the “Tableau systématique de la famille des Auricules” is published in livr. 13, and the “Tableau systématique de la famille des Limaces” is published in livr. 16., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11057234
page(s): xlv [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): 139 [details]
original description (of Septaria Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 436 [details]
original description (of Clossonaria A. Férussac, 1822) Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de. (1821-1822). Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un Prodrome général pour tous les mollusques ou fluviatiles, vivantes ou fossiles. <em>Paris, 1821 et 1822.</em> Livraison 9: 1-24 (Quarto edition) [Folio edition: 1-32] (6-IV-1821); livr. 10: 25-48 (Quarto) [Folio: 33-56] (26-V-1821); livr. 11: 49-72 (Quarto) [Folio: 57-76] (13-VII-1821); livr. 12: 73-88 (Quarto) [Folio: 77-92] (21-IX-1821); livr. 13: 89-110 (Quarto) [Folio: 93-114] (10-XI-1821); livr. 14: i-xxiv (Quarto) (16-II-1822); livr. 15: xxv-xlvii[i] (Quarto) (13-IV-1822); livr. 16: 1-27 (Quarto) (16-VII-1822). – Paris / London (Arthus Bertrand / G.B. Sowerby). Note: the “Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques” is published in livraisons 14-15, the “Tableau systématique de la famille des Limaçons” is published in livrs. 10-13, the “Tableau systématique de la famille des Auricules” is published in livr. 13, and the “Tableau systématique de la famille des Limaces” is published in livr. 16., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11057234
page(s): xlv [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type designation Cox expressly noted his type designation for Kuphus. However, an earlier designation of Gray (1847) was noted by Turner (1966). [details]
