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Xylophagaidae Purchon, 1941
AphiaID
1338968
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1338968)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Mollusca
(Phylum)
Bivalvia
(Class)
Autobranchia
(Subclass)
Heteroconchia
(Infraclass)
Euheterodonta
(Subterclass)
Imparidentia
(Superorder)
Myida
(Order)
Pholadoidea
(Superfamily)
Xylophagaidae
(Family)
Status
accepted
Rank
Family
Typetaxon
Xylophaga
W. Turton, 1822
Parent
Pholadoidea Lamarck, 1809
Original name
Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941
Synonymised names
Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941
·
unaccepted
(spelling emended by ICZN Opinion 2429)
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Genus
Xylophaga
W. Turton, 1822
Genus
Metaxylophaga
Taki & Habe, 1950
accepted as
Xylophaga
W. Turton, 1822
(synonym)
Genus
Neoxylophaga
Taki & Habe, 1950
accepted as
Xylophaga
W. Turton, 1822
(synonym)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent + fossil
Original description
(of
Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941
)
Purchon, R. D. (1941). On the biology and relationships of the lamellibranch <i>Xylophaga dorsalis</i> (Turton). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 25: 1-39.
,
available online at
http://plymsea.ac.uk/1181/1/On_the_biology_and_relationships_of_the_lamellibranch_Xylophaga_dorsalis_%28Turton%29.pdf
page(s): 32, 35
[details]
Taxonomic citation
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xylophagaidae Purchon, 1941. Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2025) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1338968 on 2025-03-11
Regional species database citation
Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2025). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Xylophagaidae Purchon, 1941. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1338968 on 2025-03-11
Taxonomic edit history
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action
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2019-04-07 11:23:41Z
created
Bouchet, Philippe
2024-10-12 14:39:58Z
changed
Schneider, Simon
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original description
(of
Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941
)
Purchon, R. D. (1941). On the biology and relationships of the lamellibranch <i>Xylophaga dorsalis</i> (Turton). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 25: 1-39.
,
available online at
http://plymsea.ac.uk/1181/1/On_the_biology_and_relationships_of_the_lamellibranch_Xylophaga_dorsalis_%28Turton%29.pdf
page(s): 32, 35
[details]
basis of record
ICZN. (2018). Opinion 2429 (Case 3717). Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca, Bivalvia): emended to Xylophagaidae to remove homonymy with Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta, Diptera). <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 75: 297-299.
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xylophagaidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xylophagaidae)
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To NHMUK collection (Xylophagidae Stephens, 1829; NHMUK:ecatalogue:8698744)
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Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941
)
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To NHMUK collection (Xylophagidae Stephens, 1829; NHMUK:ecatalogue:8698744)
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