Teredo

genus of molluscs
Taxon taxon Q3467542
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Teredo

Summary

Teredo is a taxon[1]. Teredo ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (100 views/month, #1,584 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Teredo's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Teredo is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Teredo belongs to the parent taxon Teredinidae[5].
  • Teredo belongs to the parent taxon Teredininae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Teredo is Teredo[7].
  • Teredo's Commons category is recorded as Teredo[8].
  • Teredo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Teredo (bivalve)[9].
  • Teredo is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'pælemark'}[10].
  • Teredo's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[11].

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Classification

Teredo's scientific name is Teredo[7]. Teredo is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Teredinidae[5] and Teredininae[6]. Teredo is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'pælemark'}[10].

Identifiers

Teredo's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 209050[12]. Teredo's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 263428[13]. Teredo's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46470784[14]. Teredo's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2288843[15]. Teredo's ITIS TSN is recorded as 81861[16].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Teredo include Teredo tunneling[17], an IPv6 transition mechanisms[18].

Why It Matters

Teredo ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (100 views/month, #1,584 of 195,241).[2] Teredo has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Teredo is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for Teredo include Teredo tunneling[17], an IPv6 transition mechanisms[18].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank genus
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Instance of
    Parent taxon Teredinidae, Teredininae
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