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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. Genera within the family Teridinidae include: [13] Bactronophorus Tapparone-Canefri, 1877
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 .
Teredo sparcki Roch, 1931 Teredora princesae is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Teredinidae , the shipworms . This species lives in timber that is floating in the western Pacific Ocean .
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 ] [ 2 ] See also
Teredo dubia Sivickis, 1928 Teredo gigantea Home, 1806 Kuphus polythalamius (known as giant tamilok ) is a species of shipworm , a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Teredinidae .
Much damage was done to these wood constructions with the arrival of the shipworm (Teredo navalis), a bivalve thought to have been brought to the Netherlands by VOC trading ships, that ate its way through Dutch sea defenses around 1730. The change was made from wood to using stone for reinforcement.
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