MCZ Malacology 170752

Teredo lanceolata Moll, 1937

Holotype of Teredo lanceolata

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1937-12-31

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Western: Tanzania: Zanzibar | [no specific locality data]

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Current Identification
Teredo lanceolata Moll, 1937 linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Heterodonta Myoida Pholadoidea Teredinidae
Determiner: Dr. Moll on 1905-04-20
Nature of ID: type ID

Moll and Roch 1937, page 171, Holotype of Teredo lanceolata Moll, 1937 Not cited by catalog number, see R Turner publication
Turner 1966, page 107, Voucher of Teredo lanceolata Moll, 1937 cited as holotype
Media type: image; Turner 1966 Description: A survey and illustrated catalogue of the Teredinidae;

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  • malacology accession number: 658

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (6)
Remarks: pallet only
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-04-24
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-04-05   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-04-24

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  • 1 pallet. ex: F. Moll #7a-7 Ruth Turner says on the label "Moll (1941, p.173) says there was only 1 pallet, kat.3196 and it is no7a in the catalog. - all of which agrees with the label. I could not find the type in the Berlin Museum -So here it is! it is certainly the figured specimen February 1964. Original label with F. Moll's hand writing.

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Western
  • Country:
  • Tanzania
  • State/Province:
  • Zanzibar
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • "Vermutlich Deutsch-Ostafrika" [Probably German East Africa]
  • Georeference:
  • -6.1238240°, 39.3375170° (Error radius: 46495m) By: Meaghan H. Sorce on 2020-04-21 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1937-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Malacology 170751; 170752; 170753; 170754; 170755; 170756; 170757; 170758; 170759; 170760; 170761; 170762; 170763; 170764; 170765; 170766; 170767; 170768; 170769; 170770; 170771; 170772; 170773; 170774; 170775 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 168001-174000, pg.111;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:170751 Teredo thilei Other Useful Cit...

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