Draft:Teredo bitubula

Teredo bitubula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Myida
Family:	Teredinidae
Genus:	Teredo
Species:	T. bitubula
Binomial name
	Teredo bitubula;

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Teredo bitubula is a species of shipworm, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Teredinidae. Despite their worm-like appearance, shipworms are mollusks related to clams and mussels. They are renowned for boring into and feeding on wood submerged in seawater, such as ships, piers, and driftwood.

Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Bivalvia

Order: Myida

Family: Teredinidae

Genus: Teredo

Species: Teredo bitubula

Authority: Li, 1965