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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TEREDINIDAE: TEREDININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Myida (Order)
> Pholadoidea (Superfamily)
> Teredinidae (Family)
> Teredininae (Subfamily)
> Lyrodus (Genus)
> medilobatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Teredo medilobata Edmondson, 1942
Images: Lyrodus medilobatus (Edmonson, 1942)
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TEREDINIDAE: TEREDININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Myida (Order)
> Pholadoidea (Superfamily)
> Teredinidae (Family)
> Teredininae (Subfamily)
> Lyrodus (Genus)
> medilobatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Teredo medilobata Edmondson, 1942
Details: Lyrodus medilobatus (Edmonson, 1942)
Distribution:
North Island. Northland to Bay of Plenty. Also Hawaii
Type Data:
  • Ohau, Hawaiian Islands, USA, (holotype)
Notes:
Ship-worm, Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.430)
  • Edmondson, C.H. 1942 Teredinidae of Hawaii, Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 17(10) (p.119) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil