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Family: Teredinidae shipworms (See list of species below)

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57 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Austroteredo parksi []	Bactronophorus thoracites [Edible shipworm]	No picture found Bankia australis []
No picture found Bankia bipalmulata []	No picture found Bankia bipennata []	No picture found Bankia campanellata []
No picture found Bankia carinata [Shipworm]	No picture found Bankia cieba []	No picture found Bankia destructa []
No picture found Bankia fimbriatula [Fimbriate shipworm]	No picture found Bankia gouldi [Cupped shipworm]	No picture found Bankia martensi []
No picture found Bankia neztalia []	No picture found Bankia nordi []	No picture found Bankia oryzaformis []
No picture found Bankia setacea [Feathery shipworm]	No picture found Bankia tenuis []	No picture found Kuphus polythalamia []
No picture found Lyrodus bipartitus [Furrow shipworm]	No picture found Lyrodus floridanus [Florida shipworm]	No picture found Lyrodus furciferus []
No picture found Lyrodus massus []	No picture found Lyrodus medilobatus []	No picture found Lyrodus mediolobatus [Indo-Pacific shipworm]
Lyrodus pedicellatus [Siamese shipworm]	No picture found Lyrodus samoaensis []	No picture found Lyrodus schizodermus []
No picture found Lyrodus singaporeana []	No picture found Nausitora aurita []	No picture found Nausitora dunlopi []
No picture found Nausitoria hedleyi []	No picture found Nototeredo edax []	No picture found Nototeredo knoxi [Foliaceous shipworm]
No picture found Nototeredo norvagica [Norway shipworm]	No picture found Nototeredo reynei []	No picture found Psiloteredo healdi []
No picture found Psiloteredo megotara [Big-ear shipworm]	No picture found Psiloteredo senegalensis []	No picture found Tamilokus mabinia []
No picture found Teredo bartschi [Bartsch shipworm]	No picture found Teredo bitubula []	No picture found Teredo clappi []
No picture found Teredo fulleri [Yellow-margin shipworm]	No picture found Teredo furcifera [Deep-cleft shipworm]	No picture found Teredo johnsoni []
No picture found Teredo mannii []	No picture found Teredo matacotana []	No picture found Teredo mindaensis []
No picture found Teredo navalis [Naval shipworm]	No picture found Teredo portoricensis [Puerto Rico shipworm]	No picture found Teredo somersi []
No picture found Teredora malleolus [Malleate shipworm]	No picture found Teredora princesae []	No picture found Teredothyra dominicensis []
No picture found Teredothyra remiformis []	No picture found Teredothyra smithi []	No picture found Uperotus clava []

57 Species of Family Teredinidae
(shipworms)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Austroteredo parksi		Pacific Ocean.
Bactronophorus thoracites	Edible shipworm	Indo-West Pacific.	1.5 SHL
Bankia australis		Western Pacific.
Bankia bipalmulata		Western Pacific
Bankia bipennata		Northeast Atlantic
Bankia campanellata		Western Pacific.
Bankia carinata	Shipworm	Northeast Atlantic, South
Bankia cieba		Western Atlantic
Bankia destructa		Western Atlantic
Bankia fimbriatula	Fimbriate shipworm	Northeast Atlantic
Bankia gouldi	Cupped shipworm	North America.
Bankia martensi		Southern Atlantic and Sou
Bankia neztalia		Southwest Pacific.
Bankia nordi		Western Pacific
Bankia oryzaformis		Western Pacific
Bankia setacea	Feathery shipworm	Pacific Ocean	0.7 SHL
Bankia tenuis		Western Pacific.
Kuphus polythalamia		Indo-Pacific.
Lyrodus bipartitus	Furrow shipworm	North America.
Lyrodus floridanus	Florida shipworm	North America.
Lyrodus furciferus		Indo-Pacific.
Lyrodus massus		Western Pacific.
Lyrodus medilobatus		Pacific Ocean.
Lyrodus mediolobatus	Indo-Pacific shipworm	Western Atlantic and Indo
Lyrodus pedicellatus	Siamese shipworm	Worldwide in tropical, te	1 SHL
Lyrodus samoaensis		Indo-Pacific
Lyrodus schizodermus		Western Pacific
Lyrodus singaporeana		Western Pacific
Nausitora aurita		Western Pacific
Nausitora dunlopi		Indo-West Pacific.
Nausitoria hedleyi		Northwest Pacific
Nototeredo edax		Indo-West Pacific.
Nototeredo knoxi	Foliaceous shipworm	North America.
Nototeredo norvagica	Norway shipworm	Mediterranean Sea
Nototeredo reynei		Western Atlantic.
Psiloteredo healdi		Western Atlantic.
Psiloteredo megotara	Big-ear shipworm	Arctic, Northeast Atlanti
Psiloteredo senegalensis		Mediterranean Sea.
Tamilokus mabinia		Western Central Pacific
Teredo bartschi	Bartsch shipworm	Circumglobal and the Medi
Teredo bitubula		Western Pacific
Teredo clappi		Western Central Atlantic
Teredo fulleri	Yellow-margin shipworm	North America.
Teredo furcifera	Deep-cleft shipworm	Pacific Ocean and South A
Teredo johnsoni		Northwest Pacific and Wes
Teredo mannii		Western Pacific.
Teredo matacotana		Western Pacific.
Teredo mindaensis		Indo-West Pacific.
Teredo navalis	Naval shipworm	Northeast Atlantic	50 TL
Teredo portoricensis	Puerto Rico shipworm	North America.
Teredo somersi		Western Atlantic.
Teredora malleolus	Malleate shipworm	North America and the Med
Teredora princesae		Western Pacific.
Teredothyra dominicensis		Western Atlantic.
Teredothyra remiformis		Western Pacific
Teredothyra smithi		Western Pacific.
Uperotus clava		Indo-Pacific.

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