Teredo portoricensis

Teredo portoricensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Myida
Superfamily:	Pholadoidea
Family:	Teredinidae
Genus:	Teredo
Species:	T. portoricensis
Binomial name
	Teredo portoricensis; W. Clapp, 1924

Last updated July 29, 2025

Teredo portoricensis, known commonly as the Puerto Rico shipworm, is a species of wood-boring clam or shipworm, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Teredinidae.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Itis Standard Report Page: Teredo portoricensis.
↑ Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 American Fisheries Society ISBN 1-888569-01-8

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[1] Itis Standard Report Page: Teredo portoricensis.

[2] Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 American Fisheries Society ISBN 1-888569-01-8

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Teredo portoricensis

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