''Nototeredo'' 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 ...
s,
marine
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bivalve
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molluscs of the
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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, including ...
.
Species in the genus ''Nototeredo''
* ''
Nototeredo edax''
(Hedley, 1895)
* ''
Nototeredo knoxi
''Nototeredo'' is a genus of ship-worms, marine (ocean), marine bivalve molluscs of the family (biology), family Teredinidae.
Species in the genus ''Nototeredo''
* ''Nototeredo edax'' (Hedley, 1895)
* ''Nototeredo knoxi'' (Bartsch, 1917) – ...
''
(Bartsch, 1917) – foliaceous shipworm, knox shipworm
* ''
Nototeredo norvagica''
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, 1792) – Norway shipworm
References
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Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
Teredinidae
Bivalve genera
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