Kuphus
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kuphus-290-14735420
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Kuphus
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Kuphus is a genus of shipworms, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Teredinidae. While there are four extinct species in the genus, the only extant species is Kuphus polythalamius. It is the longest bivalve mollusc in the world, where the only known permanent natural habitat is Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat in the Philippines. Members of this genus secrete calcareous tubes. Based only on the calcareous tube, this species was originally thought by Linnaeus to be a tube worm, so he placed it in the
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Genus of bivalves
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuphus
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2022-05-30T01:03:26Z
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