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Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 
AphiaID: 489105

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Myoida (Order) > Pholadoidea (Superfamily)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
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Accepted name  Xylophaginae Purchon, 1941
Rank Family
Parent Pholadoidea
Sources  basis of record: 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. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. [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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Norwegian Bokmål dødvedfluer  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk daudvedfluger  [details]
Swedish vedflugor  [details]
Link To ITIS
Note  Classification: Ranked as a self-standing family in the Pholadoidea by some authors. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:489105
Taxonomic
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2010-07-10 09:41:30Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489105 on 2013-05-22
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