Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Myida > Superfamily Pholadoidea

Xylophagaidae Purchon, 1941

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 orthographic variant
Xylophaginae Purchon, 1941 synonym

Children

Abditoconus Voight, 2019
Xylonora Romano, 2020
Xylophaga W. Turton, 1822
Xyloredo R. D. Turner, 1972

Literature

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). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 75: 297-299.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xylophagaidae Purchon, 1941. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1338968

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2024-10-12 by Simon Schneider

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