Teredo (bivalve)
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teredo-bivalve-253-2908494
title:
Teredo (bivalve)
text:
Teredo is a genus of highly modified saltwater clams which bore in wood and live within the tunnels they create. They are commonly known as "shipworms;" however, they are not worms, but marine bivalve molluscs in the taxonomic family Teredinidae. The type species is Teredo navalis. The tunneling habit of species in the genus inspired the name of the Teredo network tunneling protocol. The submarine HMS Teredo may also have been named after this genus, which works invisibly, below the surface, and
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description:
Genus of molluscs
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teredo_(bivalve)
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date modified:
2023-06-22T20:24:06Z
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