Xylophagainae

Taxonavigation

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

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

• 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.