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Shipworm - or teredo marine bivalve mollusk of the family Teredinidae, specialized for boring in wood. A shipworm is not a worm, but a greatly elongated clam. Its two shells, enclosing only the front end ...
A: Teredo navalis is actually a mollusc specialized for boring into wood.
FIG. 19. - Nerve-ganglia and Cords of three Lamellibranchs. (From Gegenbaur.) A, Of Teredo. B, Of Anodonta. C, Of Pecten. a, Cerebral ganglion-pair (= cerebro-pleuro-visceral).
b, Pedal ganglion-pair.
c, Olfactory (osphradial) ganglionpair.
 See also: Shell, Clam, Burro, Mollusk, Bivalve
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