MCZ Malacology 45303

Teredo portoricensis Clapp, 1924

Holotype of Teredo (Teredo) portoricensis

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2013-01-09

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Caribbean Sea: United States: Puerto Rico: Greater Antilles | San Juan

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mala:45303 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Malacology 45303 Description: Label.;

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Current Identification
Teredo portoricensis Clapp, 1924 linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Autobranchia Heteroconchia Imparidentia Myida Pholadoidea Teredinidae
Common Name(s): Puerto Rico shipworm
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID

Clapp 1924, page 2, Holotype of Teredo (Teredo) portoricensis Clapp, 1924 ledger information does not match specimen information
Turner 1966, page 118, Voucher of Teredo (Teredo) portoricensis Clapp, 1924 pl. 7 A
Media type: text; Clapp 1924 Description: Transactions of the Academy of St. Louis, vol. 25;

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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: 658

Part Condition Disposition Count
body (70% ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History
tissue (95% ethanol) fair 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
reference Clapp, W. F. 1924. Transaction of the Academy of Science of St. Louis Vol. XXV, 1:2-5, pl. 1, fig. 1-7 [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-10-18

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  • original label says "1024, A 37"

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Sea:
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Puerto Rico
  • Island Group:
  • Greater Antilles
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • San Juan
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Puerto Rico, San Juan
  • Georeference:
  • 18.4663340°, -66.105722° (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 / 2013-01-09
  • 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 45301; 45302; 45303; 45304; 45305; 45306; 45307; 45308; 45309; 45310; 45311; 45312; 45313; 45314; 45315; 45316; 45317; 45318; 45319; 45320; 45321; 45322; 45323; 45324; 45325 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 042001-048000, pg.133;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:45301 Teredo bartschi Holotype to MCZ...

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