Taxonavigation

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Xylophaga dorsalis
Taxonavigation: Myoida 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Heterodonta
Ordo: Myoida

Familia: Pholadidae
Subfamilia: Xylophagainae
Genera: Xylophaga – Xylopholas – Xyloredo

Name

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Xylophagainae Purchon, 1941

Type genus: Xylophaga Turton, 1822

Placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology by Opinion 2429. [as "Xylophagaidae"]

References

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  • ICZN 2018. Opinion 2429 (Case 3717) – Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca, Bivalvia): emended to Xylophagaidae to remove homonymy with Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta, Diptera). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 75(1): 297–299. DOI: 10.21805/bzn.v75.a066  . PDF. Reference page
  • Purchon, R. D. 1941. On the biology and relationships of the lamellibranch Xylophaga dorsalis (Turton). Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Journal 25(1): 1–39.
  • Turner, R.D., 2002: On the subfamily Xylophagainae (family Pholadidae, Bivalva, Mollusca). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 157(4): 223–308.