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Teredinidae

Teredinidae

Overview

Teredinidae Rafinesque 1815

Common Name: Shipworm

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Compared to animal size, the shell only covers a small portion of the worm-like creature. They commonly burrow into wood, creating a calcareous lining to the burrow.

        SIZE:

Paleoecology:

        MOBILITY: Mobile (burrow)

        FEEDING MODE: Herbivore

        HABITAT: Epifaunal

Sources:

Cox, L. R. et al. 1969. Bivalvia, in R. C. Moore ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N, Mollusca 6, Volume 2. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 1224 pp.


Genera of Teredinidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway