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''Neoteredo'' is a genus of
bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, biv ...
s belonging to the family
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, including ...
. The species of this genus are found in Southern America. Species: * ''Neoteredo reynei'' (Bartsch, 1920)


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q18596696 Teredinidae Bivalve genera