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Teredinidae - shipworms

mollusk family - a family of mollusks

Bivalvia, class Bivalvia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda, Lamellibranchia - oysters; clams; scallops; mussels

genus Teredo - type genus of the family Teredinidae

shipworm, teredinid - wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells

Bankia, genus Bankia - giant shipworms

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Kuphus polythalamius is the largest and among the most atypical members of the Teredinidae (Huber, 2015).

Observations on the Life History and Geographic Range of the Giant Chemosymbiotic Ship worm Kuphus polythalamius (Bivalvia: Teredinidae)

Coexistence of multiple Proleobacteria endosymbionts in the gills of the wood-boring bivalve Lyrodus pedicellatus (Bivalvia: Teredinidae).

MICROBIAL ECOLOGY OF THE BIVALVIA, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE FAMILY OSTREIDAE

A first report of self-fertilization in the wood-boring family Teredinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia).

Comparison of the Polychaetous Annelids Populations on Suspended Test Panels in Los Angeles Harbor in 1950-1951 with the Populations in 2013-2014

Shipworms are molluscan bivalves--close relatives of mussels and clams, in the family Teredinidae. Although they superficially resemble worms, they also possess a shelled clam-like front, which assists in their drilling of wood.

Boring through history: An environmental history of the extent, impact and management of marine woodborers in a global and local context, 500 BCE to 1930s CE

The main marine borer hazards at Bundaberg were from the molluscans Martesia and Teredinidae. The crustaceans Limnoria and Sphaeroma were rarely found, and of minor importance.

Comparative performance of commercially available timber marine piles in Australia

Biologia y ecologia de los moluscos bivalvos perforadores de madera (Pholadacea: Teredinidae) presentes en el manglar Ana Maria Campos, Bahia de Tablazo, Estado Zulia.

Tasa de degradacion de madera por el perforador de manglar Psiloteredo healdi (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) en el Lago de Maracaibo, Venezuela

Marine shipworms, notorious for boring into wooden hulls and pilings, are mollusks in the family Teredinidae. The shipworms grow out of their bivalve shells to lengths up to 6 feet.

Shipworms bring you another washday miracle

Dispersal of phytoplanktotropic shipworm larvae (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) over long distances by ocean currents.

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC AIDS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF LARVAL AND POST-LARVAL BIVALVES

The principal marine wood boring animals in Los Angeles Harbor belong to the isopod genus Limnoria and to the bivalve shipworm family Teredinidae. Four species have been reported from Los Angeles harbor: Limnoria tripunctata, L.

Comparison of the marine wood borer populations in Los Angeles Harbor in 1950-1951 with the populations in 2013-2014