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Teredo

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Teredo Linnaeus
1923Teredo Clark and Arnold p. 156
1980Teredo Vokes p. 191
1984Teredo Squires p. 53
1987Teredo Squires p. 71
1998Teredo Lamprell and Healy p. 204
2002Teredo Sepkoski
2008Teredo Hendy et al.
2010Teredo Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderPholadiformiiGray 1854
orderPholadidaGray 1854
superfamilyPholadoideaLamarck 1809
familyTeredinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusTeredo

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Teredo Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Teredo (Psiloteredo) Bartsch 1922
Subg. Teredo (Teredo) Linnaeus 1758
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Teredo alpina Traub 1938
Teredo dendrolestes Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Teredo mississippiensis Conrad 1854
Teredo pugetensis White 1889
Teredo simplex Lea 1833
Teredo simplexopsis de Gregorio 1890
Teredo virginiana Clark 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: boringg
Diet: herbivoreg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:20:03
Modified: 2004-02-29 20:20:03
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Stilwell and Henderson 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 145.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 139.8 Ma

Collections (185 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Russian Federation T. sp. (2499)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45South Africa T. sp. (65839)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Japan (Iwate) T. matsushimaensis (40315 40316 40553 40554)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0South Africa T. sp. (65837 65963)
Motuan103.3 - 99.5New Zealand T. sp. (83507)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Mozambique T. sp. (174799)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Australia (Northern Territory) T. sp. (90671)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) T. amphisbaena (4071 4072)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8USA (Wyoming) T. sp. (87785)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8South Africa T. sp. (82443)
Piripauan85.8 - 83.5New Zealand T. sp. (78386)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1New Zealand (South Island) T. sp. (101382)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1South Africa T. sp. (71008)
Haumurian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand T. sp. (78385)
Haumurian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand (Canterbury) T. sp. (101408 101409)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Colorado) T. irregularis (162249)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) T. rectus (88357)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) T. sp. (205512)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) T. rectus (205445)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Netherlands T. voracissima (1326)