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Molluscs of Tasmania

Teredinidae – Bankiinae: Bankia australis (Calman, 1920) (‘southern shipworm’)

Synonym(s): australis Calman, 1920 saulii ‘Wright’ sensu Hedley, 1898 archimima Iredale, 1932 debenhami Iredale, 1932 rosenthali Iredale, 1932 occasiuncula Iredale, 1932 gabrieli Cotton, 1934 grenningi Iredale, 1936.

Typical shell-length 8.0 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally embedded in wood. Native. Endemic to eastern Australia (QLD, NSW and TAS).

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Myoida
Superfamily: Pholadoidea
Family: Teredinidae
Subfamily: Bankiinae
Genus: Bankia

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