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Shipworm species comprise several genera, of which Teredo is the most commonly mentioned. The best known species is Teredo navalis . Historically, Teredo concentrations in the Caribbean Sea have been substantially higher than in most other salt water bodies.
Teredo navalis, commonly called the naval shipworm or turu, [2] is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Teredinidae. This species is the type species of the genus Teredo .
Teredo is a genus of highly modified saltwater clams which bore in wood and live within the tunnels they create. They are commonly known as "shipworms;" however, they are not worms, but marine bivalve molluscs (phylum Mollusca) in the taxonomic family Teredinidae.
The giant clam (Tridacna gigas) is generally considered to be the largest bivalve mollusc.It is indeed the heaviest species, growing to over 200 kg (440 lb) and measuring up to 120 cm (47 in) in length, [2] but Kuphus polythalamius holds the record for the largest bivalve by length.
Lithoredo is a genus of shipworm native to the Abatan River in the Philippines.It contains a single species, Lithoredo abatanica, described in June 2019. [1] The species is unusual because, unlike other shipworms which mainly bore into wood, it tunnels into and excretes limestone.
Bankia carinata (J. E. Gray, 1827) – carinate shipworm; Bankia cieba Clench and Turner, 1946; Bankia destructa Clench and Turner, 1946; Bankia fimbriatula Moll and Roch, 1931 – fimbriate shipworm; Bankia fosteri Clench and Turner, 1946; Bankia gouldi (Bartsch, 1908) – cupped shipworm, gould shipworm; Bankia martensi (Stempell, 1899)
Kuphus is a genus of shipworms, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Teredinidae.While there are four extinct species in the genus, [2] the only extant species is Kuphus polythalamius (also incorrectly spelled as Kuphus polythalamia).
Teredo portoricensis, known commonly as the Puerto Rico shipworm, is a species of wood-boring clam or shipworm, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Teredinidae. [1 ...