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Fimbriate shipworm

Bankia fimbriatula Moll & Roch, 1931

Status not recordedmolluscs

The fimbriate shipworm (Bankia fimbriatula) is a species in the family Teredinidae.

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Quick facts about the fimbriate 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 fimbriate shipworm live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the fimbriate shipworm as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Ireland

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 the fimbriate 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 fimbriate shipworm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. familyTeredinidae
  5. genusBankia
  6. SpeciesBankia fimbriatula Moll & Roch, 1931

Synonyms Bankia canalis, Bankia fimbriatuda, Teredo fimbriata, Xylotrya fimbriata, Xylotrya fimbriata var. subaequalis

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • FranjepaalwormDutch
  • 須緣節鎧船蛆Chinese
  • franje-paalwormDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the fimbriate shipworm

Other species in the same genus Bankia.

Shipworm

Bankia carinata

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Common questions

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Is the fimbriate shipworm an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the fimbriate shipworm as introduced in 1 country: Ireland, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Fimbriate shipworm (Bankia fimbriatula). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/fimbriate-shipworm

MLA

“Fimbriate shipworm (Bankia fimbriatula).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/fimbriate-shipworm.

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@misc{fimbriate_shipworm_2026,
  title = {Fimbriate shipworm (Bankia fimbriatula)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fimbriate-shipworm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}