WoRMS taxon details
Xylophagaidae Purchon, 1941
1338968 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1338968)
accepted
Family
Xylophagainae Purchon, 1941 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 · unaccepted (spelling emended by ICZN Opinion 2429)
Xylophaginae Purchon, 1941 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Abditoconus Voight, 2019
- Genus Feaya Voight, 2019
- Genus Spiniapex Voight, 2019
- Genus Xylonora Romano, 2020
- Genus Xylophaga W. Turton, 1822
- Genus Xylopholas R. D. Turner, 1972
- Genus Xyloredo R. D. Turner, 1972
- Genus Mesoxylophaga Habe, 1977 accepted as Xyloredo R. D. Turner, 1972 (synonym)
- Genus Protoxylophaga Iw. Taki & Habe, 1945 accepted as Xylophaga W. Turton, 1822 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941) Purchon, R. D. (1941). On the biology and relationships of the lamellibranch <i>Xylophaga dorsalis</i> (Turton). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 25: 1-39., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/1181/1/On_the_biology_and_relationships_of_the_lamellibranch_Xylophaga_dorsalis_%28Turton%29.pdf
page(s): 32, 35 [details]
page(s): 32, 35 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xylophagaidae Purchon, 1941. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1338968 on 2025-06-21
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(of Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941) Purchon, R. D. (1941). On the biology and relationships of the lamellibranch <i>Xylophaga dorsalis</i> (Turton). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 25: 1-39., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/1181/1/On_the_biology_and_relationships_of_the_lamellibranch_Xylophaga_dorsalis_%28Turton%29.pdf
page(s): 32, 35 [details]
basis of record ICZN. (2018). Opinion 2429 (Case 3717). Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca, Bivalvia): emended to Xylophagaidae to remove homonymy with Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta, Diptera). <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 75: 297-299. [details]
page(s): 32, 35 [details]
basis of record ICZN. (2018). Opinion 2429 (Case 3717). Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca, Bivalvia): emended to Xylophagaidae to remove homonymy with Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta, Diptera). <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 75: 297-299. [details]
