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Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

141607 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141607)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Teredo Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Teredo Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Pholas teredo O. F. Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (synonym)

Serpula teredo DaCosta, 1778 · unaccepted

Teredo austini Iredale, 1932 · unaccepted (synonym)

Teredo batavus Spengler, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym)

Teredo beachi Bartsch, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Teredo beaufortana Bartsch, 1922 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Teredo japonica Clessin, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Teredo marina Jeffreys, 1860 · unaccepted (synonym)

Teredo morsei Bartsch, 1922 · unaccepted (synonym)

Teredo navalis borealis Roch, 1931 · unaccepted (synonym)

Teredo navalis var. occlusa Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)

Teredo novangliae Bartsch, 1922 · unaccepted (synonym)

Teredo pocilliformis Roch, 1931 · unaccepted (synonym)

Teredo sellii van der Hoeven, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)

Teredo sinensis Roch, 1929 · unaccepted (synonym)

Teredo vulgaris Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Subspecies Teredo navalis borealis Roch, 1931 accepted as Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Teredo navalis var. occlusa Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Descriptive notes

Nomenclature based on Sellius, 1733; ICZN direction 73: specific name of type species of Teredo Linnaeus, 1758

Nomenclature based on Sellius, 1733; ICZN direction 73: specific name of type species of Teredo Linnaeus, 1758 [details]

Distribution Widespread around the world

Distribution Widespread around the world [details]

Distribution Newfoundland to Florida and Texas

Distribution Newfoundland to Florida and Texas [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141607 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-10-02 22:08:23Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 651 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Serpula teredo DaCosta, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 22 [details]

original description (of Teredo austini Iredale, 1932) Iredale, T. (1932). Cobra or shipworms. A systematic account of the teredinid molluscs of Port Jackson. Pp 24–40 in Iredale, T., Johnson, R.A. & McNeill, F.A. Destruction of timber by marine organisms in the port of Sydney. Sydney Harbour Trust, Sydney.
page(s): 29 [details]

original description (of Teredo batavus Spengler, 1792) Spengler, L. (1792). Betragtninger og Anmærkninger ved den Linneiske Slægt Pholas blant de mangeskallede Muskeler, med dens hidindtil bekiendte gamle og nye Arter, samt den dermed i Forbindelse staaende Slægt Teredo Linn. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn. 2 (1): 72-106, pl. 1., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN608227374_0002&DMDID=DMDLOG_0006
page(s): 103-104 [details]

original description (of Teredo beachi Bartsch, 1921) Bartsch, P. (1921). A new classification of the shipworms and descriptions of some new wood boring mollusks. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 34: 25-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332278 [details]

original description (of Teredo beaufortana Bartsch, 1922) Bartsch, P. (1922). A monograph of the American shipworms. United States National Museum Bulletin. 122: 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7875085
page(s): 18, 22 [details]

original description (of Teredo japonica Clessin, 1893) Clessin, S. (1891-1893). Die Familie Pholadea. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W. (eds.), Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Ersten Bandes vierte Abtheilung. 1(4): 1-88, pls 1-21. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. [publication dates: 1-24, pls 1-6 - 1891, 25-40, pls 7-12 - 1892, 41-88, pls 13-21 -1893]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34336737
page(s): 78, pl. 20, figs 9-10 [details]

original description (of Teredo morsei Bartsch, 1922) Bartsch, P. (1922). A monograph of the American shipworms. United States National Museum Bulletin. 122: 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7875085 [details]

original description (of Teredo navalis var. occlusa Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 172 [details]

original description (of Teredo novangliae Bartsch, 1922) Bartsch, P. (1922). A monograph of the American shipworms. United States National Museum Bulletin. 122: 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7875085 [details]

original description (of Pholas teredo O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen. 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 251 [details]

context source (HKRMS) Scott, V. P. (2003).A taxonomic distributional and bibliographic checklist of Hong Kong marine bivalve molluscs and research published on them from 1971-2000. In: Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong: Perspectives on Marine Environment Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001 (ed. Morton, B.), pp259-310. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]

context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Turner, R. D. (1966). A survey and illustrated catalogue of Teredinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge (Massachusetts). ix + 265 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/134382
page(s): 112 [details]

additional source Zenetos, A.; Çinar, M.E.; Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Furnari, G.; Andaloro, F.; Bellou, N.; Streftaris, N.; Zibrowius, H. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors

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additional source Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.; Garcia Raso, J.; Bianchi, C.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martin, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos-Espla, A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocana, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]

additional source Sellius, G. (1733). Historia naturalis teredinis seu Xylophagi marini, tubulo-conchoidis speciatim belgici: cum tabulis ad vivum coloratis. Apud Hermannum Besseling: Trajecti ad Rhenum (Utrecht). (30), 353, (11), 4 pl. pp. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=6-1AAAAAcAAJ [details]

additional source Bartsch, P. (1923). The status of Teredo beachi and Teredo navalis. The Nautilus. 37(1): 31-32 [July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524104 [details]

additional source Bartsch, P. (1923). The status of Teredo beachi and Teredo navalis. Science. 57(1485): 692. [details]

additional source Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Nomenclature based on Sellius, 1733; ICZN direction 73: specific name of type species of Teredo Linnaeus, 1758 [details]

From regional or thematic species database

Introduced species vector dispersal Uruguayan part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: general (burrows) [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Argentinean part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: general (burrows) [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Debris: transport of species on human generated debris (vessel) [details]

Unreviewed

Alien species Although both its name and shape reminds us of a worm, the naval shipworm Teredo navalis is a bivalve mollusc. This species drills tunnels in wood and has dispersed all over the world seas, hitchhiking in the hulls of wooden ships and driftwood. Its early and universal spread makes it hard to determine where this species originally occurred. The naval shipworm has troubled sailors for centuries, because it affects the wood of ships. [details]

Dimensions reaches up to 6 mm in length [details]

Distribution Widespread around the world [details]

Distribution Newfoundland to Florida and Texas [details]

Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Catalan	corc maríbroma	[details]
Danish	pæleorm	[details]
Dutch	paalwormgewone paalworm	[details]
English	naval shipwormgreat shipwormcommon shipworm	[details]
French	taret commun	[details]
German	SchiffsbohrmuschelPfahlwurm	[details]
Japanese	フナクイムシ	[details]