Belgian Register of Marine Species - Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758

NARMS taxon details

Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Teredo Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Teredo Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

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 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 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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 651 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141607 on 2025-05-14

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=141607 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-10-02 22:08:23Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

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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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 651 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Teredo batavus Spengler, 1792) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1875-1876). Monograph of the genus Teredo. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 20, pls 1-4 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pl. 2, May 1875; pls. 1, 3, 4, 1876, no month date]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8230147 [details]

original description (of Teredo batavus Spengler, 1792) Spengler, L. (1792). Betragtninger og Anm�rkninger ved den Linneiske Sl�gt Pholas blant de mangeskallede Muskeler, med dens hidindtil bekiendte gamle og nye Arter, samt den dermed i Forbindelse staaende Sl�gt Teredo Linn. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Ki�benhavn. 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: K�ster, 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, N�rnberg. [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 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 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]

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., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar �Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index�. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on �Ecotope areas and 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., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (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

additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (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 Fuller, S. C., Hu, Y.-P., Lutz, R. A. & Castagna, M. (1989). Shell and pallet morphology in early development stages of Teredo navalis Linn� (Bivalvia: Teredinidae). The Nautilus. 103(1): 24-35, figs. 1-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8278018 [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