IRMNG - Kuphus Guettard, 1770

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Kuphus Guettard, 1770

IRMNG_ID

1194818 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1194818)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Teredinidae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Cuphus Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted

Cyphus Fischer, 1887 · unaccepted

Furcella Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted (synonym)

Kyphus Herrmannsen, 1847 · unaccepted

Septaria Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Kuphus arenarius (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Kuphus mannii Keable, 1866
Species Kuphus polythalamia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Kuphus clausa G.B. Sowerby II, 1875 accepted as Kuphus polythalamia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Kuphus kiiensis Taki & Habe, 1945 accepted as Teredothyra smithi (Bartsch, 1927)
Species Kuphus mannii Wright, 1866 accepted as Dicyathifer mannii (Wright, 1866)
Species Kuphus teredoides Taki & Habe, 1945 accepted as Teredo triangularis Edmondson, 1942

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Mém. diff. Sci., 3
page(s): 139 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Kuphus Guettard, 1770. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1194818 on 2026-09-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Mém. diff. Sci., 3
page(s): 139 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/Boss, 1982 [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Boss, 1982, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details]

original description (of Cuphus Agassiz, 1846) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details]

original description (of Kyphus Herrmannsen, 1847) Ind. Gen. Malac., 1 (2)
page(s): 569 [details]

original description (of Septaria Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres ... précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. Verdière, Paris. Tome 5, 612 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 436 [details]

original description (of Cyphus Fischer, 1887) Man. Conch.,
page(s): 1138 [details]

original description (of Furcella Lamarck, 1801) Syst. An. s. Vert.
page(s): 104 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006) [details]

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To WoRMS (from synonym Furcella Lamarck, 1801)
To WoRMS (from synonym Septaria Lamarck, 1818)