Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record? Japan/Pacific Ocean (as T. japonica (Clessin 1893, cited by Turner 1966)
Geographic Extent
Japan/Pacific Ocean (as T. japonica (Clessin 1893, cited by Turner 1966); Yokosuka/Japan/Atsumi or Aichi Bays (Pacific Ocean); Honshu/Japan/Tateyama Bay (Museum of Comparative Zoology 2007 http://collections.oeb.harvard.edu/Mollusks/MolluskDetail.cfm); Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Honshu/Japan/Seto Inland Sea (Tsunoda 1979); Nagoya, Honshu/Japan/Ise Bay (Tsunoda 1979)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Probable | Hull Fouling |
Regional Impacts
| Economic Impact | Industry | |
| In Japan, imported logs were often stored in floating rafts before processing. Teredo navalis was the most common shipworm attacking these stored logs (Tsunoda 1979). | ||
References
Tsunoda, Kunio (1979) Ecological studies of shipworm attack on wood in the sea water log storage site, Wood Research: Bulletin of the Wood Research Institute Kyoto University 65: 11-53Turner, Ruth D. (1966) <missing title>, The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge. Pp. <missing location>