Teredina
| Teredina Temporal range: | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Myida |
| Family: | Teredinidae |
| Genus: | † Lamarck, 1818 |
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Teredina is an extinct genus of fossil bivalve mollusc that lived from the Late Cretaceous to the late Pliocene in Asia, Europe, and North America.[2]
Teredina shells consist of 2 short, hooked valves with a pair of furrows and each valve with transverse ridges.[3] The overall body was long and clud-shaped. Teredina used the ridges on each valve to bore into driftwood by rocking back and forth; its long body shape allowed for large intestines for it to carry bacteria capable of breaking down the cellulose in the wood.[3] Petrified drift wood with Teridina burrows can be found in the Cretaceous rocks of Vancouver Island.[3]
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Teredina Lamarck, 1818 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1562755 on 18 July 2024
- ^ Teredina in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ a b c Ludvigsen, Rolf & Beard, Graham. 1997. West Coast Fossils: A Guide to the Ancient Life of Vancouver Island. pg. 107
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 111)