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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 .
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 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.
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).
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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 ...