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Revision as of 18:29, 26 June 2019

Lithoredo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Myida
Family: Teredinidae
Genus: Lithoredo
Species:
L. abatanica
Binomial name
Lithoredo abatanica
Shipway, Distel & Rosenberg, 2019

Lithoredo abatanica is a species of shipworm native to the Abatan River in the Philippines. It is the only member of its genus. It was first described in the Proceedings of the Royal Society in June 2019.[1] The species is unusual because, unlike other shipworms which mainly bore into wood, it tunnels into and excretes limestone.

References

  1. ^ Shipway, J. Reuben; Altamia, Marvin A.; Rosenberg, Gary; Concepcion, Gisela P.; Haygood, Margo G.; Distel, Daniel L. (2019). "A rock-boring and rock-ingesting freshwater bivalve (shipworm) from the Philippines". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286 (1905): 20190434. doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.0434.