Teredo navalis, commonly called the naval shipworm or turu, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Teredinidae.
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Naval shipworm
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Teredo navalis, commonly called the naval shipworm or turu, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Teredinidae. This species is the type species of the genus Teredo. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Teredo navalis
Class: Bivalvia
Phylum: Mollusca
Genus: Teredo
Order: Myida
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
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Teredo navalis belongs to the family Teredinidae (shipworms), which are highly modified mollusks, hardly recognizable as bivalves, adapted for boring into wood.
Teredo navalis takes about five weeks to develop from eggs to metamorphosing larvae. They spend half of this time in the mother's gill chamber until they are ...
Teredo navalis is actually a species of saltwater clam but it is called a shipworm due to its worm-like appearance.
Jan 26, 2017 · Teredo navalis, the naval shipworm, is a species of saltwater clam that tunnels through wood ...
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Teredo navalis, the naval shipworm, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Teredinidae, the shipworms.
Oct 2, 2010 · A taxonomic distributional and bibliographic checklist of Hong Kong marine bivalve molluscs and research published on them from 1971-2000.
Jun 2, 2014 · The bivalve mollusc Teredo navalis has a brownish elongate worm-like body, with the anterior part covered by a small calcareous tube shell ...
Teredo navalis is a bivalve mollusc but appears worm-like due to its elongated body and reduced trilobed shell, which is specialised for wood boring.
This shell acts as a wood-boring instrument. The brownish soft worm-like body lies in a calcareous tube up to 60 cm long and 1 cm in diameter.