Synonymy of Polydora cornuta

(Relevant original names and New Zealand records only)

Polydora cornuta as:    Polydora cornuta
  Name used as: New entity (basionym) by:  Bosc 1802 (pages 151-153, illus. Pl.5,fig.7-8 (colour).)
  Record locality: South Carolina
  Remarks: Book also published as part of Histoire naturelle de Buffon. Paris, 1801-1803. Bosc (1759-1828) spent only a few years in the Usa from 1796. He was a mycologist. The fig 7 is whole body, and 8 is underside of head, both diagrammatic.
  [Basionym for this record: Polydora cornuta Bosc 1802]

Polydora cornuta as:    Polydora cornuta
  Name used as: Material-based revision or review by:  Blake & Maciolek 1987 (pages 11-15, illus. Fig.1.)
  Record locality: Charleston Harbour, South Carolina
  Remarks: Redescription from material from type locality, and placing into synonymy of Polydora ligni Webster.
  [Basionym for this record: Polydora cornuta Bosc 1802]

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