Psiloteredo megotara

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Psiloteredo megotara
Shell and pallets of Psiloteredo megotara
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Myida
Family: Teredinidae
Genus: Psiloteredo
Species:
P. megotara
Binomial name
Psiloteredo megotara
(Hanley in Forbes & Hanley, 1848)

Psiloteredo megotara is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Teredinidae, the shipworms.[1]

Distribution[edit]

North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley in Forbes & Hanley, 1848)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  2. ^ Norman, Eva (December 1977). "The geographical distribution and the growth of the wood-boring molluscs Teredo navalis L., Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley) and Xylophaga dorsalis (Turton) on the Swedish West Coast". Ophelia. 16 (2): 233–250. doi:10.1080/00785326.1977.10425473. ISSN 0078-5326.