Species Account

Nausitora fusticulus (Jeffreys, 1860)

Pholadoidea : Teredinidae

Tebble name: n/a
Smith & Heppell name: Nausitora fusticula (Jeffreys, 1860)

Pallets obscurely segmented having a ribbed appearance; blade 2-3 times long as wide, outline asymmetric usually with a papillose calcareous encrustation on the narrow side.

A pan-tropical species recorded from British waters only once; Leith Dock, Scotland.

Depth Range
Intertidal
Record last modified: 17/05/2016