Nototeredo
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Nototeredo 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 Nototeredo
- Nototeredo edax (Hedley, 1895)
- Nototeredo knoxi (Bartsch, 1917) - foliaceous shipworm, knox shipworm
- Nototeredo norvagicus (SpenglerLorenz SpenglerLorenz Spengler was a Swiss-born Danish turner and naturalist.He arrived at Copenhagen in 1743. He was a tutor to Christian VI of Denmark and later Frederick V of Denmark in the art of turning. From 1771 he was head of the Royal Art Chamber , a position he held until his death in...
, 1792) - Norway shipworm