Xylophaga
creator: Gofas, Serge
creator: Cuvelier, Daphne
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Rosenberg, Gary
creator: Marshall, Bruce
creator: Vinarski, Maxim
creator: Schneider, Simon
date: 2026-08-28
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Xylophaga W. Turton, 1822
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Xylophaga W. Turton, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138667 on 2026-08-28
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2026-06-02T23:05:27Z
replaces: 516359
replaces: 516360
replaces: 516358
replaces: 1779242
replaces: 515994
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Xylophaga W. Turton, 1822
class: Bivalvia
family: Xylophagaidae
genus: Xylophaga
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls.
name published in: Dall, W. H. (1890-1903). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science. 3(1): 1-200 [1890]; 3(2): 201-474 [1892]; 3(3): 475-570, and plates for part 1: pp. 179-190, pl. 1-12; plates for part 2: pp. 449-458, pl. 13-22 [1895]; 3(4): [i]-viii, 571-948, pl. 23-35; [1898]; 3(5): 949-1218, pl. 36-47 [1900]; 3(6): [i]-xiv, 1219-1654, pl. 48-60 [27 October1903].
name published in: Taki, I. & Habe T. (1950). Xylophaginidae in Japan. In: T. Kuroda (ed.) Illustrated catalogue of Japanese shells, vol. 1 (7): 45-47, text figs 1-7.
name published in: Taki, Iw. & Habe, T. (1945). [Classification of Japanese Pholadoidea] (in Japanese). Venus. 14(1-4): 108-117.
name published in year: 1822
name published in year: 1890-1903
name published in year: 1950
name published in year: 1945
order: Myida
parent name usage ID: 1338968
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: W. Turton, 1822
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted