WoRMS name details
Terebratella flexuosa (King, 1831)
459079 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:459079)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Magasella flexuosa (King, 1831) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Terebratula flexuosa King, 1831 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Terebratula flexuosa King, 1831) King, P. P. (1832). Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 5(125): 332-349., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27657695
note: Terebratula flexuosa described on p. 337. [details]
note: Terebratula flexuosa described on p. 337. [details]
Type locality contained in Strait of Magellan
type locality contained in Strait of Magellan [details]
Verhoeff, T. (2026). World Brachiopoda Database. Terebratella flexuosa (King, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=459079 on 2026-04-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Terebratula flexuosa King, 1831) King, P. P. (1832). Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 5(125): 332-349., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27657695
note: Terebratula flexuosa described on p. 337. [details]
note: Terebratula flexuosa described on p. 337. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Dall W.H. (1920). Annotated list of the Recent Brachiopoda in the collection of the United States National Museum, with descriptions of thirty-three new forms. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 57(2314), 261-377., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/15121/USNMP-57_2314_1920.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
note: Recognizes species as Magasella flexuosa (p. 368). [details]
source of synonymy Emig, C. C. (2017). Atlas of Antarctic and sub‐Antarctic Brachiopoda. <em>Carnets de Géologie, Madrid, CG2017_B03.</em> 93 pp. [details] Available for editors
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note: Recognizes species as Magasella flexuosa (p. 368). [details]
source of synonymy Emig, C. C. (2017). Atlas of Antarctic and sub‐Antarctic Brachiopoda. <em>Carnets de Géologie, Madrid, CG2017_B03.</em> 93 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NHMUK collection (Terebratula flexuosa King, 1831; NHMUK:ecatalogue:701451) (from synonym Terebratula flexuosa King, 1831)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
