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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Myoida Teredinidae 

Teredinidae Rafinesque, 1815

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Included taxa

   Austroteredo
   Coleoteredo
   Zachsia
   Zopoteredo
   Teredininae Rafinesque, 1815

Common Name

Ship-worms p.3      Turner, R.D. 1966.  
pile worms p.3      Turner, R.D. 1966.  
Cobra p.356      Allan, J. 1950.  

Keywords

habit: boring, infaunal 
habitat: mangrove 
salinity: brackish 
salinity: marine 
substrate: wood 

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.356-359 General reference
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.573 General reference
 Turner, R.D. 1966.  General reference
 Turner, R.D. 1971.  General reference
 Turner, R.D. 1971. p.36 Key

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Myoida
                Pholadoidea
                  Teredinidae Rafinesque, 1815

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=20426) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-29.