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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TEREDINIDAE: BANKIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Myida (Order)
> Pholadoidea (Superfamily)
> Teredinidae (Family)
> Bankiinae (Subfamily)
> Nototeredo (Genus)
> edax (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Phylloteredo Roch, 1937
=Teredo (Nototeredo) Bartsch, 1923
Images: Nototeredo edax (Hedley, 1895)
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TEREDINIDAE: BANKIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Myida (Order)
> Pholadoidea (Superfamily)
> Teredinidae (Family)
> Bankiinae (Subfamily)
> Nototeredo (Genus)
> edax (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Phylloteredo Roch, 1937
=Teredo (Nototeredo) Bartsch, 1923
Details: Nototeredo edax (Hedley, 1895)
Distribution:
North Island. Also South Australia
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.431)
  • Hedley, C. 1895 Notes on Australian shipworms, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 2(9) (p.501) 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