Kuphus polythalamius (known as giant tamilok) is a species of shipworm, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Teredinidae. The tube of Kuphus polythalamius...
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sole living species is: Kuphus polythalamius Extinct species are: †Kuphus arenarius †Kuphus incrassatus †Kuphus fistula †Kuphus melitensis Large, tusk-shaped...
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however, also applied to the largest living species of shipworm, Kuphus polythalamius, which despite the name "worm", is a bivalve mollusc rather than...
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genus of bacteria that lives in symbiosis with the giant shipworm Kuphus polythalamius. It contains a single species, Thiosocius teredinicola, which was...
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