WoRMS taxon details
Psiloteredo Bartsch, 1922
138537 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138537)
accepted
Genus
Teredo dilatata W. Stimpson, 1851 accepted as Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley, 1848) (type by original designation)
Psiloteredo (Psiloteredo) Bartsch, 1922 · unaccepted
Teredo (Dactyloteredo) Moll, 1952 · unaccepted (synonym)
Teredo (Psiloteredo) Bartsch, 1922 · unaccepted (original rank)
- Species Psiloteredo healdi (Bartsch, 1931)
- Species Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley, 1848)
- Species Psiloteredo pentagonalis Iw. Taki & Habe, 1945
- Species Psiloteredo senegalensis (Blainville, 1824)
- Subgenus Psiloteredo (Phylloteredo) Roch, 1937 accepted as Nototeredo Bartsch, 1923
- Species Psiloteredo (Phylloteredo) amboinensis Iw. Taki & T. Habe, 1945 accepted as Spathoteredo obtusa (Sivickis, 1928) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Psiloteredo (Phylloteredo) kirai Iw. Taki & Habe, 1945 accepted as Nototeredo edax (Hedley, 1895) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Psiloteredo (Phylloteredo) septa Mawatari & Kitamura, 1960 accepted as Psiloteredo pentagonalis Iw. Taki & Habe, 1945
- Species Psiloteredo (Phylloteredo) yakushimae Habe, 1952 accepted as Nototeredo edax (Hedley, 1895) (nomen nudum)
- Subgenus Psiloteredo (Psiloteredo) Bartsch, 1922 accepted as Psiloteredo Bartsch, 1922
- Species Psiloteredo (Psiloteredo) pentagonalis Iw. Taki & Habe, 1945 accepted as Psiloteredo pentagonalis Iw. Taki & Habe, 1945 (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Teredo (Psiloteredo) Bartsch, 1922) Bartsch, P. (1922). A monograph of the American shipworms. <em>United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 122: 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7875085
page(s): 7, 36 [details]
page(s): 7, 36 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Psiloteredo Bartsch, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138537 on 2025-04-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Teredo (Psiloteredo) Bartsch, 1922) Bartsch, P. (1922). A monograph of the American shipworms. <em>United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 122: 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7875085
page(s): 7, 36 [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): 76 [details]
page(s): 7, 36 [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): 76 [details]
Other
additional source
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Canadian part of the The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia (Marine Region) Debris: transport of species on human generated debris (millet log) [details]
