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Class: Bivalvia
Order: Myida
Family: Teredinidae shipworms

Genus: Teredo

(See list of species below)

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15 species (see list below)
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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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