OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Myoida Teredinidae 

Teredo (Teredo) bensoni Edmondson, 1946

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Teredo furcifera von Martens, 1894

Types

Primary Type: holotype Secondary Type: paratype Edmondson, C.H. 1946. p.214, figs. 1a-d
BPBM 100 holotype from wooden guard rail of dredger 'Benson' removed in Honolulu after boat had been working in Canton Island

References

 Turner, R.D. 1966. p.90 Secondary source

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Myoida
                Pholadoidea
                  Teredinidae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Teredininae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Teredo Linnaeus, 1758
                        Teredo furcifera von Martens, 1894
                          Teredo (Teredo) bensoni Edmondson, 1946

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=54338) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.