Nototeredo
Nototeredo is a genus of ship-worms, marine bivalve molluscs of the family Teredinidae.
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| Nototeredo norvagica a) animal removed from its shelly tube: p,p : pallets; s) exhalant siphon s') inhalant siphon b,c) different aspects of the shell | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Myida |
| Superfamily: | Pholadoidea |
| Family: | Teredinidae |
| Genus: | Nototeredo Gould, 1870 |
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Species in the genus Nototeredo
- Nototeredo edax (Hedley, 1895)
- Nototeredo knoxi (Bartsch, 1917) – foliaceous shipworm, knox shipworm
- Nototeredo norvagica (Spengler, 1792) – Norway shipworm
References
- "Nototeredo". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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