WoRMS name details

Xylophaginae Purchon, 1941

23147  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23147)

 unaccepted
Subfamily
marine
Not documented
Nomenclature Boss (1982) suggested emendation of this subfamily name to Xylophagainae in order to avoid the homonymy with the family...  
Nomenclature Boss (1982) suggested emendation of this subfamily name to Xylophagainae in order to avoid the homonymy with the family name Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (based on Xylophagus Meigen, 1803, in Diptera), but this was never formally presented to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature for formal approval. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Xylophaginae Purchon, 1941. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23147 on 2024-03-29
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2010-07-10 09:41:30Z
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2014-11-05 19:50:57Z
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additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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Classification Ranked as a self-standing family of the Pholadoidea by some authors [details]

Nomenclature Boss (1982) suggested emendation of this subfamily name to Xylophagainae in order to avoid the homonymy with the family name Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (based on Xylophagus Meigen, 1803, in Diptera), but this was never formally presented to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature for formal approval. [details]