MCZ Malacology 212084

Teredora malleolus Turton, 1822

Syntype of Teredo thomsonii

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2004-10-01

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northwest: United States: Massachusetts | New Bedford

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mala:212084 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Malacology 212084 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Teredora malleolus Turton, 1822
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Heterodonta Myoida Pholadoidea Teredinidae
Common Name(s): malleate shipworm
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Current name prior to MCZBase: 'Teredora malleolus'
Previous Identification
Teredo thomsonii Tyron, 1863
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Heterodonta Myoida Pholadoidea Teredinidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID

Tryon 1863, page 280, Syntype of Teredo thomsonii Tyron, 1863
Turner 1966, page 125, Voucher of Teredo thomsonii Tyron, 1863 cited as paratype
Media type: text; Tryon 1863 Description: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, volume 15;

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Media type: image; Turner 1966 Description: A survey and illustrated catalogue of the Teredinidae;

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  • malacology accession number: 645

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-06-07
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-06-07   determined by=Nina Black  
valve (dry) unchecked in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Mobilizing Millions of Marine Mollusks of the Eastern Seaboard (ESB) By: Murat Recevik 2025-03-07
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-06-07
reference Tryon, G. W. 1863. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15:280, pl. 2, fig. 3-5 [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-10-18

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Northwest
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • New Bedford
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA, Masachusetts, New Bedford
  • Georeference:
  • 41.5617600°, -70.881333° (Error radius: 7204m) By: Penny Benson on 2020-04-09 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2004-10-01
  • 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 212076; 212077; 212078; 212079; 212080; 212081; 212082; 212083; 212084; 212085; 212086; 212087; 212088; 212089; 212090; 212091; 212092; 212093; 212094; 212095; 212096; 212097; 212098; 212099; 212100 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 210001-216025, pg.84;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:212076 Gastrocopta contracta to MCZ:Ma...

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