Teredinidae
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Bivalvia
- Order: Pholadida
- Family: 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.
