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Xylophaga dorsalis (Turton, 1819) 
AphiaID: 141976

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Myoida (Order) > Pholadoidea (Superfamily) > Pholadidae (Family) > Xylophaginae (Subfamily) > Xylophaga (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Xylophaga Turton, 1822
Synonymised
taxa
  Pholas xilophaga Deshayes, 1835
Teredo dorsalis Turton, 1819 (original combination)
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: 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]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish træ-boremusling  [details]
Dutch houtboormossel  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
British Isles [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (209 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Image 
Xylophaga dorsalis
Xylophaga dorsalis
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141976
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Xylophaga dorsalis (Turton, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141976 on 2013-06-20
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