Teredo (Teredo) Linnaeus 1758 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Teredo according to P. Jeffery and S. Tracey 1997

Sister taxa: Teredo (Psiloteredo), Teredo alpina, Teredo dendrolestes, Teredo mississippiensis, Teredo pugetensis, Teredo simplex, Teredo simplexopsis, Teredo virginiana

Subtaxa: Teredo (Teredo) davisi

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Ecology: stationary boring herbivore

Distribution: found only at Division C, Bursledon Brickworks (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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