Teredo is commonly called as shipworm.It is a highly specialized marine bivalve which is very destructive to wood in sea water.The body is long and slender with a small anterior shell. The shell is used for burrowing in the wood of ships.The foot is extremely reduced and acts as an adhesive organ for attachement to the wall of its hole-habitat. The mantle cavity bears paired and elongated gills and gonads. The inhalent and exhalent siphons are also elongated.
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