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Species Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758

Teredo Ship-worm


Compiler and date details

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Temperate worldwide distribution


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

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 2]

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

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. [204]

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. 17] (distribution)

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

Turner, R.D. 1966. A Survey and Illustrated Catalogue of the Teredinidae. Cambridge : Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 265 pp. [112]

Turner, R.D. 1971. Australian Shipworms. Australian Natural History 139-145 [pl. 4] (distribution record)

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. [30]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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