# Ruth Dixon Turner

> Ruth Dixon Turner was a pioneering U.S. marine biologist and malacologist. She was the world's expert on Teredinidae or shipworms, a taxonomic family of wood-boring bivalve mollusks which severely damage wooden marine installations.

*American marine biologist and malacologist (1914-2000)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1914-12-07
- **Died:** 2000-04-30
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Ruth Dixon Turner was a pioneering U.S. marine biologist and malacologist. She was the world's expert on Teredinidae or shipworms, a taxonomic family of wood-boring bivalve mollusks which severely damage wooden marine installations.

## Fame
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## Sources
- [Ruth Turner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Turner)
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