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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 .
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).
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.
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.
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 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) Bankia neztalia (Turner and McKoy, 1979) Bankia setacea (Tryon, 1863) – feathery shipworm; Bankia sibirica Roch, 1934; Bankia zeteki Bartsch ...
Its common name "giant tube worm" is, however, also applied to the largest living species of shipworm, Kuphus polythalamius, which despite the name "worm", is a bivalve mollusc rather than an annelid.