WoRMS taxon details
Xylophaga Turton, 1822
AphiaID: 138667
AphiaID: 138667
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Myoida (Order) > Pholadoidea (Superfamily) > Pholadidae (Family) > Xylophaginae (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Teredo dorsalis Turton, 1819 (type by monotypy) | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Xylophaginae Purchon, 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Mesoxylophaga Habe, 1977 (synonym) Metaxylophaga Taki & Habe, 1950 (synonym) Neoxylophaga Taki & Habe, 1950 (synonym) Protoxylophaga Taki & Habe, 1945 (synonym) Xylotomea Dall, 1898 (synonym) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
additional source: Harvey R. (1996). Deep water Xylophagaidae (Pelecypoda: Pholadacea) from the North Atlantic with description of three new species.. Journal of Conchology 35(6): 473-481 [details] additional source: Knudsen J. (1961). The bathyal and abyssal Xylophaga (Pholadidae, Bivalvia). Galathea Reports, 5: 163-209, available online at http://www.zmuc.dk/inverweb/galathea/Pdf_filer/Volume_05/galathea-vol.05-pp_163-209.pdf [details] additional source: Turner R.D. (2002) On the subfamily Xylophagainae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 157(4): 223-307. [details] additional source: Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. 2009 Recent Mollusca. Pp 196-219 in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.), The New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch [details] redescription: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details] basis of record (from synonym): Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Xylophaga abyssorum Dall, 1886 Species Xylophaga africana Knudsen, 1961 Species Xylophaga alexisi Voight & Segonzac, 2012 Species Xylophaga anselli Harvey, 1996 Species Xylophaga atlantica H. G. Richards, 1942 Species Xylophaga aurita Knudsen, 1961 Species Xylophaga bayeri Turner, 2002 Species Xylophaga clenchi Turner & Culliney, 1971 Species Xylophaga concava Knudsen, 1961 Species Xylophaga corona Voight, 2007 Species Xylophaga depalmai Turner, 2002 Species Xylophaga dorsalis (Turton, 1819) Species Xylophaga duplicata Knudsen, 1961 Species Xylophaga erecta Knudsen, 1961 Species Xylophaga foliata Knudsen, 1961 Species Xylophaga gagei Harvey, 1996 Species Xylophaga galatheae Knudsen, 1961 Species Xylophaga gerda Turner, 2002 Species Xylophaga globosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 Species Xylophaga grevei Knudsen, 1961 Species Xylophaga guineensis Knudsen, 1961 Species Xylophaga hadalis Knudsen, 1961 Species Xylophaga heterosiphon Voight, 2007 Species Xylophaga indica E. A. Smith, 1904 Species Xylophaga japonica Taki & Habe, 1950 Species Xylophaga knudseni Okutani, 1975 Species Xylophaga lobata Knudsen, 1961 Species Xylophaga mexicana Dall, 1908 Species Xylophaga microchira Voight, 2007 Species Xylophaga multichela Voight, 2008 Species Xylophaga muraokai Turner, 2002 Species Xylophaga murrayi Knudsen, 1967 Species Xylophaga nidarosiensis Santhakumaran, 1980 Species Xylophaga noradi Santhakumaran, 1980 Species Xylophaga obtusata Knudsen, 1961 Species Xylophaga oregona Voight, 2007 Species Xylophaga pacifica Voight, 2009 Species Xylophaga panamensis Knudsen, 1961 Species Xylophaga praestans E. A. Smith, 1903 Species Xylophaga profunda Turner, 2002 Species Xylophaga ricei Harvey, 1996 Species Xylophaga rikuzenica Taki & Habe, 1945 Species Xylophaga siebenalleri Voight, 2009 Species Xylophaga supplicata (Taki & Habe, 1950) Species Xylophaga teramachii (Taki & Habe, 1950) Species Xylophaga tipperi Turner, 2002 Species Xylophaga tomlini Prashad, 1932 Species Xylophaga tubulata Knudsen, 1961 Species Xylophaga turnerae Knudsen, 1961 Species Xylophaga washingtona Bartsch, 1921 Species Xylophaga whoi Turner, 2002 Species Xylophaga zierenbergi Voight, 2007 Species Xylophaga dorsata J. E. Gray, 1827 (nomen dubium) Species Xylophaga bruuni Knudsen, 1961 accepted as Xylophaga supplicata (Taki & Habe, 1950) Species Xylophaga californica Bartsch, 1921 accepted as Xylophaga washingtona Bartsch, 1921 Species Xylophaga wolffi Knudsen, 1961 accepted as Xylophaga grevei Knudsen, 1961 | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138667 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Xylophaga Turton, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138667 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||||||||
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