Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Beaufort/NC/Atlantic Ocean (1893, Sigerfoos 1907) 'Two kinds of worms are found there in great and about equal abundance--Teredo norvegica and Xylotrya fimbriata (actually Bankia gouldi) whose mode of spawning has been already described. A very small proportion of specimens were of Teredo navalis, one of the common European forms, in which the eggs are retained in the gills of the mother during a considerable period of their development, perhaps almost 'till time for them to set into the wood.' (Sigerfoos 1907).

Geographic Extent

Ocracoke/NC/Atlantic Ocean (1948-1959, Brown 1953, Wallour 1960); Beaufort/NC/Atlantic Ocean 1893, Sigerfoos 1907; as T. beaufortana, Bartsch 1922); Beaufort/NC/Atlantic Ocean (as T. beaufortana, Bartsch 1922); Morehead City/NC/Atlantic Ocean (1948-1959, Brown 1953, Wallour 1960);Old Trestle , Morehead City/NC/Mouth Newport River, (1924, MCZ 120535, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2010); Wrightsville Beach/NC/Atlantic Ocean (1946-1959, Brown 1953, Wallour 1960); Southport/NC/Atlantic Ocean (1946-1959, Brown 1953, Wallour 1960); Fort Sumter, Charleston/SC/Charlestown Harbor (1924, MCZ 120323, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2010); Charleston/SC/Charlestown Harbor (1944-1959, Brown 1953, Wallour 1960); Savannah, Quarantine Dock/GA/Savannah River (1924, MCZ 120576, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2010); Fernandina, Phosphate Elevator/FL/Atlantic Ocean (MCZ 121235, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2010); Jacksonville/FL/St. Johns River estuary (Wallour 1960); Mayport/FL/St. Johns River estuary (1940-1959, Briown 1953; Wallour 1960); Daytona Beach/FL/Atlantic Ocean (Wallour 1960)