NARMS taxon details
Teredo Linnaeus, 1758
138539 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138539)
accepted
Genus
Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Teredo bartschi Clapp, 1923
- Species Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Teredo aegyptia Roch, 1935 accepted as Teredo bartschi Clapp, 1923 (synonym)
- Species Teredo batavus Spengler, 1792 accepted as Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Teredo batilliformis Clapp, 1924 accepted as Teredo bartschi Clapp, 1923 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Teredo beachi Bartsch, 1921 accepted as Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Teredo beaufortana Bartsch, 1922 accepted as Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Teredo bipartita Jeffreys, 1860 accepted as Lyrodus bipartitus (Jeffreys, 1860) (original combination)
- Species Teredo bipennata W. Turton, 1819 accepted as Bankia bipennata (W. Turton, 1819) (original binomen)
- Species Teredo bruguierii Delle Chiaje, 1830 accepted as Nototeredo norvagica (Spengler, 1792) (synonym)
- Species Teredo carinata J. E. Gray, 1827 accepted as Bankia carinata (J. E. Gray, 1827) (original combination)
- Species Teredo chlorotica Gould, 1870 accepted as Lyrodus pedicellatus (Quatrefages, 1849) (synonym)
- Species Teredo cucullata Jeffreys, 1860 accepted as Bankia bipennata (W. Turton, 1819) (synonym)
- Species Teredo denticulata Fischer, 1856 accepted as Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley, 1848) (synonym)
- Species Teredo diegensis Bartsch, 1916 accepted as Lyrodus pedicellatus (Quatrefages, 1849) (synonym)
- Species Teredo dilatata W. Stimpson, 1851 accepted as Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Teredo divaricata Fischer, 1856 accepted as Nototeredo norvagica (Spengler, 1792) (synonym)
- Species Teredo dominicensis Bartsch, 1921 accepted as Teredothyra dominicensis (Bartsch, 1921) (original binomen)
- Species Teredo dorsalis W. Turton, 1819 accepted as Xylophaga dorsalis (W. Turton, 1819) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Teredo excavata Jeffreys, 1860 accepted as Teredothyra excavata (Jeffreys, 1860) (original combination)
- Species Teredo fimbriata Jeffreys, 1860 accepted as Bankia fimbriatula Moll & Roch, 1931 (invalid: junior homonym of Teredo fimbriata Defrance, 1826; Bankia fimbriatula is a replacement name)
- Species Teredo fusticulus Jeffreys, 1860 accepted as Nausitora fusticulus (Jeffreys, 1860) (original binomen)
- Species Teredo hawaiensis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Lyrodus pedicellatus (Quatrefages, 1849) (synonym)
- Species Teredo hiloensis Edmondson, 1942 accepted as Teredo bartschi Clapp, 1923 (synonym)
- Species Teredo indica Nair, 1958 accepted as Lyrodus pedicellatus (Quatrefages, 1849) (synonym)
- Species Teredo japonica Clessin, 1893 accepted as Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Teredo malleolata Locard, 1886 accepted as Teredora malleolus (W. Turton, 1822) (unjustified emendation)
- Species Teredo malleolus W. Turton, 1822 accepted as Teredora malleolus (W. Turton, 1822) (original binomen)
- Species Teredo megotara Hanley, 1848 accepted as Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley, 1848) (original binomen)
- Species Teredo minima Blainville, 1828 accepted as Bankia carinata (J. E. Gray, 1827) (synonym)
- Species Teredo morsei Bartsch, 1922 accepted as Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Teredo nigra Blainville, 1828 accepted as Nototeredo norvagica (Spengler, 1792) (synonym)
- Species Teredo norvagica Spengler, 1792 accepted as Nototeredo norvagica (Spengler, 1792) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Teredo norvagicus Spengler, 1792 accepted as Nototeredo norvagica (Spengler, 1792) (incorrect original spelling)
- Species Teredo novangliae Bartsch, 1922 accepted as Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Teredo pedicellata Quatrefages, 1849 accepted as Lyrodus pedicellatus (Quatrefages, 1849) (original binomen)
- Species Teredo senegalensis Blainville, 1824 accepted as Psiloteredo senegalensis (Blainville, 1824) (original binomen)
- Species Teredo spatha Jeffreys, 1860 accepted as Spathoteredo spatha (Jeffreys, 1860) (original binomen)
- Species Teredo subericola Jeffreys, 1860 accepted as Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley, 1848) (non MacGillivray, 1845)
- Species Teredo thomsoni Tryon, 1863 accepted as Teredora malleolus (W. Turton, 1822) (synonym)
- Species Teredo townsendi Bartsch, 1922 accepted as Lyrodus pedicellatus (Quatrefages, 1849) (synonym)
- Species Teredo vulgaris Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Teredo dallii R. B. Watson, 1897 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Teredo nana W. Turton, 1822 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Teredo utriculus Gmelin, 1791 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish
feminine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 

ERMS (2025). Teredo Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138539 on 2025-05-07
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Teredo Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138539 on 2025-05-07
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
basis of record Turner, R. D. (1966). <i>A survey and illustrated catalogue of Teredinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia)</i>. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge (Massachusetts). ix + 265 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/134382
page(s): 76 [details]
additional source Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
additional source Ueda, T. (1995). Pholadomya turunagai Tan from the Miocene Tari Formation in the Southwestern Part of Tottori Prefecture, Southwest Japan. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 54(4) ; 307 - 316. [details] Available for editors
additional source Palekar, V. C. & Bal, D. V. (1955). Marine organisms injurious to submerged timber in the Bombay Harbour. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 53(2): 201-204, 1 pl., 12 text-figs., 1 map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48180555#page/268/ [details]

basis of record Turner, R. D. (1966). <i>A survey and illustrated catalogue of Teredinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia)</i>. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge (Massachusetts). ix + 265 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/134382
page(s): 76 [details]
additional source Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
additional source Ueda, T. (1995). Pholadomya turunagai Tan from the Miocene Tari Formation in the Southwestern Part of Tottori Prefecture, Southwest Japan. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 54(4) ; 307 - 316. [details] Available for editors

additional source Palekar, V. C. & Bal, D. V. (1955). Marine organisms injurious to submerged timber in the Bombay Harbour. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 53(2): 201-204, 1 pl., 12 text-figs., 1 map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48180555#page/268/ [details]



