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'''''Lithoredo''''' is a genus of [[Shipworms|shipworm]] native to the [[Abatan River]] in the [[Philippines]]. It contains a single species, '''''Lithoredo abatanica''''', described in June 2019.<ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1098/rspb.2019.0434|title = A rock-boring and rock-ingesting freshwater bivalve (shipworm) from the Philippines|journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences|volume = 286|issue = 1905|pages = 20190434|year = 2019|last1 = Shipway|first1 = J. Reuben|last2 = Altamia|first2 = Marvin A.|last3 = Rosenberg|first3 = Gary|last4 = Concepcion|first4 = Gisela P.|last5 = Haygood|first5 = Margo G.|last6 = Distel|first6 = Daniel L.}}</ref> The species is unusual because, unlike other shipworms which mainly bore into wood, it tunnels into and excretes [[limestone]].
'''''Lithoredo''''' is a genus of [[Shipworms|shipworm]] native to the [[Abatan River]] in the [[Philippines]]. It contains a single species, '''''Lithoredo abatanica''''', described in June 2019.<ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1098/rspb.2019.0434|title = A rock-boring and rock-ingesting freshwater bivalve (shipworm) from the Philippines|journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences|volume = 286|issue = 1905|pages = 20190434|year = 2019|last1 = Shipway|first1 = J. Reuben|last2 = Altamia|first2 = Marvin A.|last3 = Rosenberg|first3 = Gary|last4 = Concepcion|first4 = Gisela P.|last5 = Haygood|first5 = Margo G.|last6 = Distel|first6 = Daniel L.}}</ref> The species is unusual because, unlike other shipworms which mainly bore into wood, it tunnels into and excretes [[limestone]]. It lacks the [[cecum]] which in other shipworms holds symbiotic bacteria which digest wood. Litherdo have differently shaped teeth than shipworms which can finely grind stone. The worms use the tunnels to live in but their method of eating is not yet know. They may get nutrition from bacteria in their gills.<ref>[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-worm-species-has-eyes-its-butt-and-another-eats-rock-and-poops-sand-180972461/#s9KJ1lAWFEcBrZj8.99 These Two Newly Described Worms Have Really Strange, Yet Marvelous Butts], Jason Daley, ''Smithsonian'', June 21, 2019</ref>


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

Lithoredo is a genus of shipworm native to the Abatan River in the Philippines. It contains a single species, Lithoredo abatanica, described in June 2019.[1] The species is unusual because, unlike other shipworms which mainly bore into wood, it tunnels into and excretes limestone. It lacks the cecum which in other shipworms holds symbiotic bacteria which digest wood. Litherdo have differently shaped teeth than shipworms which can finely grind stone. The worms use the tunnels to live in but their method of eating is not yet know. They may get nutrition from bacteria in their gills.[2]

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.
  2. ^ These Two Newly Described Worms Have Really Strange, Yet Marvelous Butts, Jason Daley, Smithsonian, June 21, 2019