Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Alternative combination: Teredo incrassata
Synonym: Teredo circula Aldrich 1886
Belongs to Kuphus according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Mansfield 1940, Maury 1917 and Vokes 1972
Sister taxa: Kuphus fistula, Kuphus polythalamia, Succinodon putzeri
Ecology: passively mobile boring herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Venezuela (1 collection)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Alabama)
• Miocene of Jamaica (1), Panama (11), Puerto Rico (4), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (17: Florida)
• Oligocene of Jamaica (1), Mexico (4), Panama (2), Puerto Rico (9), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (17: Alabama, Florida, Mississippi)
Total: 70 collections each including a single occurrence
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