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Terpios

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Taxon monotypic_taxon Q3457983
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Terpios

Summary

Terpios is a monotypic taxon[1]. Terpios ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Terpios's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[3].
  • Terpios is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Terpios belongs to the parent taxon Suberitidae[5].
  • Terpios's scientific name is Terpios[6].
  • Terpios's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Terpios[7].
  • Terpios's taxon author citation is recorded as Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864[8].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Terpios is Terpios[6]. Terpios is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Terpios belongs to the parent taxon Suberitidae[5].

Identifiers

Terpios's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 131764[9]. Terpios's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 283537[10]. Terpios's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2238387[11]. Terpios's ITIS TSN is recorded as 48469[12].

Why It Matters

Terpios ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2] Terpios has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · VGPaleontologist · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Terpios
    Parent taxon → Suberitidae
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q16521]]"
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