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Molluscs of Tasmania

Teredinidae – Bankiinae: Bankia neztalia Turner & McKoy, 1979 (‘neztalia shipworm’)

Synonym(s): neztalia Turner & McKoy, 1979.

Typical shell-length not yet determined. Lives subtidally embedded in wood. Native. Occurs in southeastern Australia (NSW, TAS and VIC); also New Zealand.

Classification

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

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