WoRMS taxon details
Spathoteredo obtusa (Sivickis, 1928)
527837 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527837)
accepted
Species
Psiloteredo (Phylloteredo) amboinensis Iw. Taki & T. Habe, 1945 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Teredo amboinensis Iw. Taki & Habe, 1945 · unaccepted (synonym)
Teredo bataviana Moll & Roch, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Teredo murrayi Moll, 1931 · unaccepted (synonym)
Teredo obtusa Sivickis, 1928 · unaccepted (original binomen)
Teredo palula Roch, 1935 · unaccepted (synonym)
Teredo semoni Moll, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Teredo variegata Sivickis, 1928 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Teredo obtusa Sivickis, 1928) Sivickis, P.B. (1928). New Philippine shipworms. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 37: 285-298. [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spathoteredo obtusa (Sivickis, 1928). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527837 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Teredo bataviana Moll & Roch, 1931) Moll, F. & Roch, F. (1931). The Teredinidae of the British Museum, the natural history museums at Glasgow and Manchester, and the Jeffreys collection. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 19: 201–218, pls 22–25.
page(s): 207. pl. 23 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Teredo obtusa Sivickis, 1928) Sivickis, P.B. (1928). New Philippine shipworms. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 37: 285-298. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Teredo semoni Moll, 1929) Roch F. & Moll F. (1929). Die Terediniden der Zoologischen Museen zu Berlin und Hamburg. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg.</em> 44: 1-22, pl. 1-2.
page(s): 9, pl. 1, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Teredo variegata Sivickis, 1928) Sivickis, P.B. (1928). New Philippine shipworms. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 37: 285-298. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Psiloteredo (Phylloteredo) amboinensis Iw. Taki & T. Habe, 1945) Taki, Iw. & Habe, T. (1945). Shipworms from Amboina and Nicobar (in Japanese). <em>Venus.</em> 14: 118-123.
page(s): 120 [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): 114 [details]
page(s): 207. pl. 23 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Teredo obtusa Sivickis, 1928) Sivickis, P.B. (1928). New Philippine shipworms. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 37: 285-298. [details] Available for editors

original description (of Teredo semoni Moll, 1929) Roch F. & Moll F. (1929). Die Terediniden der Zoologischen Museen zu Berlin und Hamburg. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg.</em> 44: 1-22, pl. 1-2.
page(s): 9, pl. 1, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Teredo variegata Sivickis, 1928) Sivickis, P.B. (1928). New Philippine shipworms. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 37: 285-298. [details] Available for editors

original description (of Psiloteredo (Phylloteredo) amboinensis Iw. Taki & T. Habe, 1945) Taki, Iw. & Habe, T. (1945). Shipworms from Amboina and Nicobar (in Japanese). <em>Venus.</em> 14: 118-123.
page(s): 120 [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): 114 [details]




