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''Teredo'' is a
File:Teredo_Turu_Shipworm.jpg, Teredo or Turu extracted from mangrove wood near Joanes,
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of highly modified saltwater clams
Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the seafloor or riverbeds. Clams have two sh ...
which bore in wood and live within the tunnels they create. They are commonly known as "shipworm
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;" however, they are not worms Worms may refer to:
*Worm, an invertebrate animal with a tube-like body and no limbs
Places
*Worms, Germany, a city
** Worms (electoral district)
* Worms, Nebraska, U.S.
*Worms im Veltlintal, the German name for Bormio, Italy
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, but marine 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 ...
molluscs (phylum
In biology, a phylum (; plural: phyla) is a level of classification or taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class. Traditionally, in botany the term division has been used instead of phylum, although the International Code of Nomenclatu ...
''Mollusca'') in the taxonomic family '' Teredinidae''. The type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...
is ''Teredo navalis
''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''. Like other species in this fami ...
''.
The tunneling habit
A habit (or wont as a humorous and formal term) is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously.
of species in the genus inspired the name of the Teredo network tunneling protocol
In computer networks, a tunneling protocol is a communication protocol which allows for the movement of data from one network to another. It involves allowing private network communications to be sent across a public network (such as the Internet ...
. The submarine HMS ''Teredo'' may also have been named after this genus, which works invisibly, below the surface, and can be very damaging to marine installations made of wood.
Diet
Like most marine based bivalves, teredo worms are primarily filter feeders and consume mostly seston, and not wood. Wood supplements their primary diet and is consumed with the assistance of bacteria inside their illcells. However, wood is not a necessary part of their diet and they can live on the surface both of wooden and non-wooden structures.
Species
Species within the genus ''Teredo'' include: * ''Teredo aegypos Teredo may refer to:
* ''Teredo'' (bivalve), a genus of shipworms that bores holes in the wood of ships
* Teredo wood, a form of fossilized wood showing marks of shipworm damage
* '' Coleophora teredo'', a moth of family Coleophoridae
* Teredo t ...
'' Moll, 1941
* ''Teredo bartschi Teredo may refer to:
* ''Teredo'' (bivalve), a genus of shipworms that bores holes in the wood of ships
* Teredo wood, a form of fossilized wood showing marks of shipworm damage
* '' Coleophora teredo'', a moth of family Coleophoridae
* Teredo t ...
'' Clapp, 1923
* ''Teredo bitubula Teredo may refer to:
* ''Teredo'' (bivalve), a genus of shipworms that bores holes in the wood of ships
* Teredo wood, a form of fossilized wood showing marks of shipworm damage
* '' Coleophora teredo'', a moth of family Coleophoridae
* Teredo t ...
'' Li, 1965
* ''Teredo clappi Teredo may refer to:
* ''Teredo'' (bivalve), a genus of shipworms that bores holes in the wood of ships
* Teredo wood, a form of fossilized wood showing marks of shipworm damage
* '' Coleophora teredo'', a moth of family Coleophoridae
* Teredo t ...
'' Bartsch, 1923
* ''Teredo fulleri Teredo may refer to:
* ''Teredo'' (bivalve), a genus of shipworms that bores holes in the wood of ships
* Teredo wood, a form of fossilized wood showing marks of shipworm damage
* '' Coleophora teredo'', a moth of family Coleophoridae
* Teredo t ...
'' Clapp, 1924
* ''Teredo furcifera Teredo may refer to:
* ''Teredo'' (bivalve), a genus of shipworms that bores holes in the wood of ships
* Teredo wood, a form of fossilized wood showing marks of shipworm damage
* '' Coleophora teredo'', a moth of family Coleophoridae
* Teredo t ...
'' Martens in Semon, 1894
* ''Teredo johnsoni Teredo may refer to:
* ''Teredo'' (bivalve), a genus of shipworms that bores holes in the wood of ships
* Teredo wood, a form of fossilized wood showing marks of shipworm damage
* '' Coleophora teredo'', a moth of family Coleophoridae
* Teredo t ...
'' Clapp, 1924
* ''Teredo mindanensis Teredo may refer to:
* ''Teredo'' (bivalve), a genus of shipworms that bores holes in the wood of ships
* Teredo wood, a form of fossilized wood showing marks of shipworm damage
* '' Coleophora teredo'', a moth of family Coleophoridae
* Teredo t ...
'' Bartsch, 1923
* ''Teredo navalis
''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''. Like other species in this fami ...
'' Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoological ...
* '' Teredo poculifer'' Iredale, 1936
* ''Teredo portoricensis
''Teredo portoricensis'', known commonly as the Puerto Rico shipworm, is a species of wood-boring clam or shipworm, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Teredinidae.Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G ...
'' Clapp, 1924
* ''Teredo somersi Teredo may refer to:
* ''Teredo'' (bivalve), a genus of shipworms that bores holes in the wood of ships
* Teredo wood, a form of fossilized wood showing marks of shipworm damage
* ''Coleophora teredo'', a moth of family Coleophoridae
* Teredo tun ...
'' Clapp, 1924
* ''Teredo triangularis Teredo may refer to:
* ''Teredo'' (bivalve), a genus of shipworms that bores holes in the wood of ships
* Teredo wood, a form of fossilized wood showing marks of shipworm damage
* ''Coleophora teredo'', a moth of family Coleophoridae
* Teredo tun ...
'' Edmondson, 1942
Gallery
Marajó
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island, Brazil. This Turu is 1.5 cm in diameter and approximately 50 cm long (note that the tail is broken off).
See also
* Teredora princesaeReferences
External links
* Bivalve genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{bivalve-stub