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Bankia destructa

Status not recordedmolluscs

Bankia destructa is a species in the family Teredinidae.

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Quick facts about Bankia destructa

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Bankia destructa live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Bankia destructa as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Mexicoinvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Bankia destructa endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Bankia destructa classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. familyTeredinidae
  5. genusBankia
  6. SpeciesBankia destructa Clench & R. D. Turner, 1946

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Bankia destructa

Other species in the same genus Bankia.

Shipworm

Bankia carinata

TeredinidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Bankia destructa an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags Bankia destructa as invasive in 1 country: Mexico. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bankia destructa (Bankia destructa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bankia-destructa

MLA

“Bankia destructa (Bankia destructa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bankia-destructa.

BibTeX
@misc{bankia_destructa_2026,
  title = {Bankia destructa (Bankia destructa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bankia-destructa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}