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]
| Teredo portoricensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Myida |
| Superfamily: | Pholadoidea |
| Family: | Teredinidae |
| Genus: | Teredo |
| Species: | T. portoricensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Teredo portoricensis W. Clapp, 1924
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See also
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References
edit- ^ 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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