Species Lyrodus pedicellatus (Quatrefages, 1849)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Teredo pedicellatus Quatrefages, A. de 1849. Memoire sur le genre Taret (Teredo Linn.). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 3 11: 19-64, pls 1-2 [26, pl. 1, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Neotype MNHP 62, la baie des Passages, Guipuscoa [Spain].
• Teredo pertingens Iredale, T. 1932. Cobra or shipworms: a systematic account of the teredinid mollusca of Port Jackson. 24-40, pls 1-4 in Destruction of timber by marine organisms in the port of Sydney. Sydney : Sydney Harbour Trust. [31, pl. 2, figs 8-11].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.325442 (in Oregon Pine (Pseudotsuga douglasii)), Pyrmont, Port Jackson, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [33°52'30"S 151°11'42"E].
• Teredo (Pingoteredo) tristi Iredale, T. 1936. Queensland cobra or shipworms: a systematic account of the teredinid molluscs of South Queensland. In, Watson, C.J.J. et al. (eds). Destruction of timber by marine organisms in the port of Brisbane, Queensland. Queensland Forest Services Bulletin 12: 33-41, 2 pls [35, pl. 1, figs 10-15].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.171211, Sandgate, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia [27°19'58.8"S 153°4'1.2"E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Turner, R.D. 1971. Identification of wood boring mollusks. pp. 17-64 in Jones, E.B.G. & Eltringham, S.K. (eds). Marine Fungi and Fouling Organisms of Wood. Paris : Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. [31] (list of 34 synonyms, only Australian names cited here)

 

Generic Combinations

• Lyrodus pedicellatus (Quatrefages, 1849).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide distribution in tropical and temperate seas

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, wood-borer.

 

General References

Brearley, A., Chalermwat, K. & Kakhai, N. 2003. Pholadidae and Teredinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) collected from mangrove habitats on the Burrup Peninsula, Western Australia. pp. 345-362 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I. & Jones, D.S. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Marine Biological Workshop. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 1. [Table 4]

Ibrahim, J.V. 1981. Season of settlement of a number of shipworms (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in six Australian harbours. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 32: 591-604 (has L. tristis as a seperate species)

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [27]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [206]

Marshall, J.V. & Turner, R.D. 1974. Survey of marine borers 1970-1972. The family Teredinidae in Australian waters. CSIRO, University of NSW pp. 1-158. [fig. 12]

Morton, B. 1970. The functional anatomy of the organs of feeding and digestion of Teredo navalis Linnaeus and Lyrodus pedicellatus (Quatrefages). Journal of Molluscan Studies 39(2-3): 151-167

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [206]

Turner, R.D. 1966. A Survey and Illustrated Catalogue of the Teredinidae. Cambridge : Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 265 pp. [116]

Turner, R.D. 1971. Australian Shipworms. Australian Natural History 139-145 [144, pl. 4] (has L. tristis as a seperate species)

Turner, R.D. 1971. Identification of wood boring mollusks. pp. 17-64 in Jones, E.B.G. & Eltringham, S.K. (eds). Marine Fungi and Fouling Organisms of Wood. Paris : Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. [31]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	MYIDA	21-Oct-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		11-Mar-2011	MODIFIED