OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Myoida Teredinidae 

Kuphus Guettard, 1770

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Kuphus Guettard, 1770
   Furcella Lamarck, 1801
   Septaria Lamarck, 1818
   Clossonaria Ferussac, 1822
   Clausaria Menke, 1828

Included taxa

   Kuphus polythalamia (Linnaeus, 1767)
   Kuphus macrocephala (Le Guillou in Récluz, 1841)
   Kuphus sanguisuga (Reeve, 1856)

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia

Keywords

habit: boring, infaunal 
substrate: mud 

References

 Turner, R.D. 1966. p.73 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Myoida
                Pholadoidea
                  Teredinidae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Teredininae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Kuphus Guettard, 1770

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=54028) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-10-16. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-10-17.