Species Regional Summary
Teredo navalis
None ( NWP-3b )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

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 ImpactIndustry
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).
 

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