Bactronophorus
Bactronophorus is a genus of shipworm native to the Southeast Asia and Western Pacific. It contains a single species, Bactronophorus thoracites, also known as edible shipworm or tambelo.
The initial name of the genus was Calobates, but since the term had already been used for the Carpococcyx genus of cuckoos, it was superseded with the current name by Tapparone Canefri in 1877.
Literature
Category:Monotypic [bivalve genera]
Category:Molluscs as food