MCZ Malacology 170754

Nototeredo knoxi (Bartsch, 1917)

Paralectotype of Teredo congoensis  
  Syntype of Teredo congoensis

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2009-03-18

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Southeast: Democratic Republic of the Congo | Malela

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Current Identification
Nototeredo knoxi (Bartsch, 1917) linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Heterodonta Myoida Pholadoidea Teredinidae
Common Name(s): foliaceous shipworm; knox shipworm
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: as per WoRMS 27 April 2021
Previous Identification
Teredo congoensis Roch, 1935 linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Autobranchia Heteroconchia Imparidentia Myida Pholadoidea Teredinidae Teredininae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID

Roch and Moll 1935, page 270, Syntype of Teredo congoensis Roch, 1935 types not specified in text
Turner 1966, page 95, Paralectotype of Teredo congoensis Roch, 1935 cited as paratype; actually paralectotype as lectotype selected here
Media type: image; Turner 1966 Description: A survey and illustrated catalogue of the Teredinidae;

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Shows Publication: Turner 1966 Description: A survey and illustrated catalogue of the Teredinidae

  • malacology accession number: 658

Part Condition Disposition Count
body (70% ethanol) unchecked in collection 2 History
tissue (95% ethanol) poor 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=2023-03-29   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
reference Roch, F. 1935 Sitzungsberichte Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften in Wien 144:270, pl. 1, fig. 10 [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-10-18

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  • ex: F. Moll #15

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Malela
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Congo, Malela
  • Georeference:
  • -4.3333330°, 17.8500000° (Error radius: 3036m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-06-10 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-06-10)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2009-03-18
  • 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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