Kuphus polythalamius (known as giant tamilok) is a species of shipworm, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Teredinidae. The tube of Kuphus polythalamius...

sole living species is: Kuphus polythalamius Extinct species are: †Kuphus arenarius †Kuphus incrassatus †Kuphus fistula †Kuphus melitensis Large, tusk-shaped...

however, also applied to the largest living species of shipworm, Kuphus polythalamius, which despite the name "worm", is a bivalve mollusc rather than...

genus of bacteria that lives in symbiosis with the giant shipworm Kuphus polythalamius. It contains a single species, Thiosocius teredinicola, which was...