Xylophaga praestans E. A. Smith, 1903, (a piddock)


18 May 2008 at OSGR: NS03 in Clyde Islands, Scotland

Record Summarydead shells and borings in washed-up driftwood
Found asDead shell
Date18 May 2008
OS grid refOSGR: NS03
Lat/Lon55° 40’ N, 5° 10’ W
Vice CountyClyde Islands, VC no: 100
CountryScotland
Voucher18 May 2008[M]
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Notes:

Drfitwood containing borings of this species and ?Nototeredo norvegica.

Shells 6mm long (hinge to margin), with c. 24 ridges.

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