CreatureData

Feathery shipworm

Bankia setacea (Tryon, 1863)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The feathery shipworm (Bankia setacea) is a species in the family Teredinidae.

No freely licensed photo yet

Quick facts about the feathery shipworm

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 the feathery shipworm live?

Not recorded

Is the feathery shipworm 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 the feathery shipworm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. familyTeredinidae
  5. genusBankia
  6. SpeciesBankia setacea (Tryon, 1863)

Synonyms Bankia osumiensis, Bankia sibirica, Xylotrya setacea

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • キタオオフナクイムシJapanese
  • 보리이삭가시배좀벌레조개Korean
  • Корабельный червьRussian
  • 剛毛蛀船蛤Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the feathery shipworm

Other species in the same genus Bankia.

Shipworm

Bankia carinata

TeredinidaeNo free photo yet

CompareFeathery shipworm vs ShipwormFeathery shipworm vs Cupped shipwormFeathery shipworm vs Fimbriate shipwormFeathery shipworm vs Bankia aemula

Sources and how to cite this page

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

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Feathery shipworm (Bankia setacea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/feathery-shipworm

MLA

“Feathery shipworm (Bankia setacea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/feathery-shipworm.

BibTeX
@misc{feathery_shipworm_2026,
  title = {Feathery shipworm (Bankia setacea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/feathery-shipworm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}