MolluscaBase name details
original description
Richards, H. G. (1942). <i>Xylophaga atlantica</i>, new species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 56(2): 68, pl. 6, fig. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520171 [details]
basis of record
Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Dexter, R. W. (1961). On the delayed description of <i>Xylophaga atlantica</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 75(1): 40-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8282960 [details]
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Type locality East coast of United States [details]From other sources
Dimensions reaches 2 cm in size [details]
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), lower St. Lawrence estuary; Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo strait) [details]
Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]
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Atlantic woodeater |
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