APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Corbula
Corbula gibba (Olivi, 1792) - Basket shell
Myida (Order) > Myoidea (Superfamily)
> Myidae (Family)
Mya
Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
- Sand gaper, Old maid or Softshell clam
(non-native species)
Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 - Blunt gaper
Sphenia
Sphenia binghami Turton, 1822 - Small gaper
Piddocks
Myida (Order) > Pholadoidea (Superfamily) > Pholadidae (Family) > Martesiinae (Subfamily)
Martesia
Martesia fragilis Verrill & Bush, 1898
- A Wood piddock (non-native species)
Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Striate wood / Wood piddock (non-native species)
Pholadidea
Pholadidea loscombiana Turton, 1819 - Paper piddock
Myida (Order) > Pholadoidea (Superfamily) > Pholadidae (Family) > Pholadinae (Subfamily)
Barnea
Barnea candida (Linnaeus, 1758) - White piddock
Barnea parva (Pennant, 1777) - Little piddock
Pholas
Pholas dactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common piddock
Zirfaea
Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Oval or Great piddock
Myida (Order) > Pholadoidea (Superfamily)
> Xylophagidae (Family)
Xylophaga
Xylophaga dorsalis (Turton, 1819) - Wood piddock
Shipworms
Myida (Order) > Pholadoidea (Superfamily) > Teredinidae (Family) > Bankiinae (Subfamily)
Bankia
Bankia bipennata (Turton, 1819) - A Shipworm
Bankia fimbriatula Moll & Roch, 1931 - A Shipworm
Bankia gouldi (Bartsch, 1908) - A Shipworm
Nototeredo
Nototeredo norvagica (Spengler, 1792) - Norway shipworm
Myida (Order) > Pholadoidea (Superfamily) > Teredinidae (Family) > Teredininae (Subfamily)
Lyrodus
Lyrodus pedicellatus (Quatrefages, 1849) - A Shipworm
Psiloteredo
Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley in Forbes & Hanley, 1848)
- Big-ear or Drifting shipworm
Teredo
Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758
- Naval or Great shipworm
Teredora
Teredora malleolus (Turton, 1822) - A Shipworm
Shipworms - General Images - habitat, tubes etc.
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Other members of the order Myoida.
From the authors collection of foreign shells,
species not recorded in the United Kingdom.
Myida (Order) > Pholadoidea (Superfamily) > Pholadinae (Subfamily)
Zirfaea
Zirfaea pilsbryi Lowe, 1931
- Pilsbry or Rough piddock
