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Family: Teredinidae shipworms



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71 species (see list below)
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Austroteredo parksi
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Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 1.5 cm SHL
Bactronophorus thoracites (Gould, 1856)

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Bactronophorus thoracites
[Edible shipworm]
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Bankia australis
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Bankia bipalmulata
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Bankia bipennata
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Bankia campanellata
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Bankia carinata
[Shipworm]
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Bankia cieba
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Bankia destructa
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Bankia fimbriatula
[Fimbriate shipworm]
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Bankia fosteri
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Bankia gouldi
[Cupped shipworm]
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Bankia martensi
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Bankia neztalia
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Bankia nordi
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Bankia oryzaformis
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Max. Length 0.7 cm SHL
 
Bankia setacea
[Feathery shipworm]
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Bankia sibirica
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Bankia tenuis
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Bankia zeteki
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Kuphus polythalamia
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Lyrodus bipartitus
[Furrow shipworm]
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Lyrodus floridanus
[Florida shipworm]
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Lyrodus furciferus
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Lyrodus massa
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Lyrodus massus
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Lyrodus medilobatus
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Lyrodus mediolobatus
[Indo-Pacific shipworm]

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Worldwide in tropical, te
Max. Length 1 cm SHL
Lyrodus pedicellatus (de Quatrefages, 1849)

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Lyrodus pedicellatus
[Siamese shipworm]
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Lyrodus samoaensis
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Lyrodus schizodermus
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Lyrodus singaporeana
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Lyrodus takanoshimensis
[Takanoshima shipworm]
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Nausitora aurita
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Nausitora dunlopi
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Nausitora fusticula
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Nausitoria hedleyi
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Nototeredo edax
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Nototeredo knoxi
[Foliaceous shipworm]
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Nototeredo norvagica
[Norway shipworm]
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Nototeredo reynei
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Psiloteredo dilitata
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Psiloteredo healdi
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Psiloteredo megotara
[Big-ear shipworm]
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Psiloteredo nana
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Psiloteredo senegalensis
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Spathoteredo spatha
[Spathate shipworm]
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Tamilokus mabinia
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Teredo bartschi
[Bartsch shipworm]
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Teredo bitubula
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Teredo clappi
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Teredo fulleri
[Yellow-margin shipworm]
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Teredo furcifera
[Deep-cleft shipworm]
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Teredo johnsoni
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Teredo mannii
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Teredo matacotana
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Teredo megotara
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Teredo mindaensis
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Teredo mindanensis
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Max. Length 50 cm TL
 
Teredo navalis
[Naval shipworm]
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Teredo norvagicus
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Teredo portoricensis
[Puerto Rico shipworm]
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Teredo somersi
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Teredora malleolus
[Malleate shipworm]
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Teredora princesae
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Teredothyra dominicensis
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Teredothyra excavata
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Teredothyra matocotana
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Teredothyra remiformis
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Teredothyra smithi
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Uperotus clava
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Austroteredo parksi Pacific Ocean. 1921
Bactronophorus thoracites Edible shipworm Indo-West Pacific. 1.5 SHL 1856
Bankia australis Western Pacific. 1920
Bankia bipalmulata Western Pacific 1801
Bankia bipennata Northeast Atlantic 1819
Bankia campanellata Western Pacific. 1931
Bankia carinata Shipworm Northeast Atlantic, South 1827
Bankia cieba Western Atlantic 1946
Bankia destructa Western Atlantic 1946
Bankia fimbriatula Fimbriate shipworm Northeast Atlantic 1931
Bankia fosteri Western Atlantic. 1946
Bankia gouldi Cupped shipworm North America. 1908
Bankia martensi Southern Atlantic and Sou 1899
Bankia neztalia Southwest Pacific. 1979
Bankia nordi Western Pacific 1935
Bankia oryzaformis Western Pacific 1928
Bankia setacea Feathery shipworm Pacific Ocean 0.7 SHL 1863
Bankia sibirica Pacific Ocean 1934
Bankia tenuis Western Pacific. 1921
Bankia zeteki Western Atlantic and East 1921
Kuphus polythalamia Indo-Pacific. 1767
Lyrodus bipartitus Furrow shipworm North America. 1860
Lyrodus floridanus Florida shipworm North America. 1922
Lyrodus furciferus Indo-Pacific. 1894
Lyrodus massa Western Atlantic. 1923
Lyrodus massus Western Pacific. 1923
Lyrodus medilobatus Pacific Ocean. 1942
Lyrodus mediolobatus Indo-Pacific shipworm Western Atlantic and Indo 1942
Lyrodus pedicellatus Siamese shipworm Worldwide in tropical, te 1 SHL 1849
Lyrodus samoaensis Indo-Pacific 1924
Lyrodus schizodermus Western Pacific 1965
Lyrodus singaporeana Western Pacific 1935
Lyrodus takanoshimensis Takanoshima shipworm East Pacific. 1929
Nausitora aurita Western Pacific 1899
Nausitora dunlopi Indo-West Pacific. 1864
Nausitora fusticula Western Atlantic. 1860
Nausitoria hedleyi Northwest Pacific 1919
Nototeredo edax Indo-West Pacific. 1895
Nototeredo knoxi Foliaceous shipworm North America. 1917
Nototeredo norvagica Norway shipworm Mediterranean Sea 1792
Nototeredo reynei Western Atlantic. 1920
Psiloteredo dilitata Western Atlantic. 1851
Psiloteredo healdi Western Atlantic. 1931
Psiloteredo megotara Big-ear shipworm Arctic, Northeast Atlanti 1848
Psiloteredo nana Arctic, Northeast Atlanti 1822
Psiloteredo senegalensis Mediterranean Sea. 1824
Spathoteredo spatha Spathate shipworm North America. 1860
Tamilokus mabinia Western Central Pacific 2019
Teredo bartschi Bartsch shipworm Circumglobal and the Medi 1923
Teredo bitubula Western Pacific 1965
Teredo clappi Western Central Atlantic 1923
Teredo fulleri Yellow-margin shipworm North America. 1924
Teredo furcifera Deep-cleft shipworm Pacific Ocean and South A 1894
Teredo johnsoni Northwest Pacific and Wes 1924
Teredo mannii Western Pacific. 1866
Teredo matacotana Western Pacific. 1927
Teredo megotara Western Pacific. 1848
Teredo mindaensis Indo-West Pacific. 1923
Teredo mindanensis Indo-West Pacific. 1923
Teredo navalis Naval shipworm Northeast Atlantic 50 TL 1758
Teredo norvagicus Northeast Atlantic 1792
Teredo portoricensis Puerto Rico shipworm North America. 1924
Teredo somersi Western Atlantic. 1924
Teredora malleolus Malleate shipworm North America and the Med 1822
Teredora princesae Western Pacific. 1928
Teredothyra dominicensis Western Atlantic. 1921
Teredothyra excavata Western Atlantic. 1860
Teredothyra matocotana Western Atlantic. 1927
Teredothyra remiformis Western Pacific 1965
Teredothyra smithi Western Pacific. 1927
Uperotus clava Indo-Pacific. 1791



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