Name - Xylophaga Turton 1822
Name Details
Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:177357 [metadata]
Variants and Synonyms
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Genus
Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies
Animalia (Kingdom) Mollusca (Phylum) Bivalvia (Class) Heterodonta (Subclass) Myoida (Order) Pholadoidea (Superfamily) |
References
Recent Publications
- Observations on the morphology, ecology and biology of Xylophaga dorsalis (Turton) (Mollusca: Xylophaginae) in the Trondheimsfjord (western Norway).
- Deep-sea wood-boring bivalves of Xylophaga (Myoida: Pholadidae) on the Continental Shelf: a new species described.
- Case 3717 - XYLOPHAGIDAE Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca: Bivalvia): proposed emendation of the spelling to XYLOPHAGAIDAE to remove homonymy with XYLOPHAGIDAE Fallen, 1810 (Insecta: Diptera).
- Opinion 2429 (Case 3717) - XYLOPHAGIDAE Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca, Bivalvia): emended to XYLOPHAGAIDAE to remove homonymy with XYLOPHAGIDAE Fallen, 1810 (Insecta, Diptera).
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Sherborn Index Animalium
- Conch. Insul. Brit., 1822 1822: 253. [Index Animalium Entry]
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