''Psiloteredo'' is a genus of

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Teredinidae The shipworms, also called teredo worms or simply teredo (, via Latin ), 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 eventual ...

Species in the genus ''Psiloteredo''

* '' Psiloteredo healdi'' (Bartsch, 1931) * '' Psiloteredo megotara'' (Hanley in Forbes & Hanley, 1848) * '' Psiloteredo senegalensis'' (Blainville, 1824)

References

Molluscs described in 1922 Teredinidae Bivalve genera {{mollusc-stub