Bankia
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Bankia is a genus of ship-worms, marine
bivalve molluscs of the family
Teredinidae.
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
bivalve molluscs of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Teredinidae.
Species in the genus Bankia
- Bankia australis (Calman, 1920)
- Bankia bipennata (TurtonWilliam TurtonWilliam Turton was a British naturalist.Turton was born at Olveston, Gloucestershire and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He commenced in practice at Swansea, but devoted his leisure time to natural history, especially conchology...
, 1819) - Bankia brevis (DeshayesGérard Paul DeshayesGérard Paul Deshayes was a French geologist and conchologist.He was born in Nancy, his father at that time being professor of experimental physics in the École Centrale of the Meurthe département....
, 1863) - Bankia carinata (J. E. Gray, 1827) - carinate shipworm
- Bankia cieba Clench and Turner, 1946
- Bankia destructa Clench and Turner, 1946
- Bankia fimbriatula Moll and Roch, 1931 - fimbriate shipworm
- Bankia fosteri Clench and Turner, 1946
- Bankia gouldi (Bartsch, 1908) - cupped shipworm, gould shipworm
- Bankia martensi (Stempell, 1899)
- Bankia setacea (Tryon, 1863) - feathery shipworm
- Bankia sibirica Roch, 1934
- Bankia zeteki Bartsch, 1921