Invasion History
First Non-native Panama (Pacific) Tidal Record: 1943Panama Invasion History:
Invasion history elsewhere in the world:
None
Description
None
Taxonomy
Taxonomic Tree
| Kingdom: | Animalia | |
| Phylum: | Mollusca | |
| Class: | Bivalvia | |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta | |
| Order: | Myoida | |
| Superfamily: | Pholadoidea | |
| Family: | Teredinidae | |
| Genus: | Bankia | |
| Species: | fimbriatula |
Synonyms
Bankia canalis (Bartsch, 1944)
Teredo fimbriata (Jeffreys, 1860)
Teredo fimbriata (Jeffreys, 1860)
Potentially Misidentified Species
Ecology
Food:
Phytoplankton, detritus
Trophic Status:
Suspension Feeder
SusFedHabitats
| General Habitat | Coarse Woody Debris | None |
| General Habitat | Marinas & Docks | None |
| General Habitat | Mangroves | None |
| General Habitat | Vessel Hull | None |
| Salinity Range | Polyhaline | 18-30 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Euhaline | 30-40 PSU |
| Tidal Range | Subtidal | None |
| Tidal Range | Low Intertidal | None |
| Vertical Habitat | Epibenthic | None |
Tolerances and Life History Parameters
| Minimum Temperature (ºC) | 14 | Field, Indian River Lagoon FL (Hoagland 1986) |
| Maximum Temperature (ºC) | 31 | Field, Indian River Lagoon FL (Hoagland 1986) |
| Minimum Salinity (‰) | 2 | Field data (Leonel 2002, Paraiba State, Braazi, Mamanguape estuary) |
| Maximum Salinity (‰) | 35 | Field data (Leonel 2002, Paraiba State, Braazi, Mamanguape estuary) |
| Minimum Reproductive Salinity | 22 | Field data (Leonel 2002, Paraiba State, Braazi, Mamanguape estuary) |
| Maximum Reproductive Salinity | 35 | Field data (Leonel 2002, Paraiba State, Braazi, Mamanguape estuary) |
| Minimum Duration | 28 | Average larval development time (Hoagland 1986) |
| Broad Temperature Range | None | Subtropical-Tropical |
| Broad Salinity Range | None | Polyhaline-Euhaline |
General Impacts
Occurrence Map
| OCC_ID | Author | Year | Date | Locality | Status | Latitude | Longitude |
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References
Barreto, Cristine C.; Junqueira, Andrea O. R.; da Silva, Sérgio Henrique G. (2000) The effect of low salinity on teredinids, Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 43(4): published onlineClench, William J., Turner, Ruth D. (1946) The genus Bankia in the western Atlantic, Johnsonia 2(19): 1-28
Cohen, Andrew N. (2006) Bridging divides: Maritime canals as invasion corridors., Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Pp. 127-206
Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology 2008-2021 Museum of Comparative Zoology Collections database- Malacology Collection. <missing URL>
Hoagland, K, Elaine (1986b) Genetic variation in seven wood-boring teredinid and pholadid bivalves with different patterns of life history and dispersal, Malacologia 27(2): 323-339
Leonel, Rosa Maria Veiga; Godoy, Lopes, B.C.; Aversari, Marcos (2002) Distribution of wood-boring bivalves in the Mamanguape River estuary, Paraiba, Brazil, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 82: 1039-1040
Savva, Ioannis; Bennett, Scott; Roca, Guillem; Jordà, Gabriel; Marbà, Nuria (2018) Thermal tolerance of Mediterranean marine macrophytes; Vulnerability to global warming, Ecology and Evolution 8: 12032-12043.