''Psiloteredo'' is a genus of
ship-worm
The shipworms are marine bivalve molluscs in the family Teredinidae: a group of saltwater clams with long, soft, naked bodies. They are notorious for boring into (and commonly eventually destroying) wood that is immersed in sea water, including ...
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bivalve
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Teredinidae
The shipworms are marine bivalve molluscs in the family Teredinidae: a group of saltwater clams with long, soft, naked bodies. They are notorious for boring into (and commonly eventually destroying) wood that is immersed in sea water, includin ...
.
Species in the genus ''Psiloteredo''
* ''
Psiloteredo healdi''
(Bartsch, 1931)
* ''
Psiloteredo megotara''
(Hanley in Forbes & Hanley, 1848)
* ''
Psiloteredo senegalensis
''Psiloteredo'' is a genus of ship-worms, marine bivalve molluscs of the family Teredinidae.
Species in the genus ''Psiloteredo''
* '' Psiloteredo healdi'' (Bartsch, 1931)
* '' Psiloteredo megotara'' (Hanley in Forbes & Hanley, 1848)
* ''Ps ...
''
(Blainville, 1824)
References
Molluscs described in 1922
Teredinidae
Bivalve genera
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