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CaRMS taxon detailsTeredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758
141607 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141607)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish
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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 651 [details] Available for editors 
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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141607 on 2025-07-10
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141607 on 2025-07-10
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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 651 [details] Available for editors 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”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record Turner, R. D. (1966). <i>A survey and illustrated catalogue of Teredinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia)</i>. 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. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 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. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 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 <i>Teredo beachi</i> and <i>Teredo navalis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 37(1): 31-32 [July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524104 [details] additional source Bartsch, P. (1923). The status of <i>Teredo beachi</i> and <i>Teredo navalis</i>. <em>Science.</em> 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 <i>Teredo navalis</i> Linné (Bivalvia: Teredinidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  Present 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]
European Network on Invasive Alien Species (NOBANIS) - Teredo navalis
Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (191 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1022 publications) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To Dyntaxa To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Teredo navalis) To GenBank (168 nucleotides; 159 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS) To Malacopics (Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758 Netherlands, Zeeland, Zuid-Beveland, Kattendijke, in o... To Malacopics (Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758 Spain, Canarias, Lanzarote, Puerto del Carmen, beached... To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales To Niet-inheemse soorten Belgisch deel Noordzee en aanpalende estuaria (in Dutch) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 033759) To ITIS |
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.jpg "To Malacopics (Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758 Spain, Canarias, Lanzarote, Puerto del Carmen, beached...")
