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Family: Teredinidae shipworms



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71 species (see list below)
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Austroteredo parksi
[]

FAO

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]

FAO

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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