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

Xylonora atlantica (H. G. Richards, 1942)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

XylonoraRomano, 2020accepted genus name

Species group names

Xylophaga atlantica H. G. Richards, 1942 synonym

Literature

new combination reference

Romano C., Nunes-Jorge A., Le Bris N., Rouse G.W., Martin D. & Borowski C. (2020). Wooden stepping stones: Diversity and biogeography of deep-sea wood boring Xylophagaidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the North-East Atlantic Ocean, with the description of a new genus. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7: 579959: 1-21.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xylonora atlantica (H. G. Richards, 1942). 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:1472292

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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

2020-12-22 by Philippe Bouchet

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