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Xylophaga

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Genus of bivalves

Xylophaga
Xylophaga dorsalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Superorder: Imparidentia
Order: Myida
Family: Xylophagaidae
Genus: Xylophaga
Turton, 1822
Species

See text.

Xylophaga is a genus of bivalves in the family Pholadidae.

Species

An undetermined species has been found in the Bissekty Formation, situated in the Kyzyl Kum desert of Uzbekistan, and dates from the late Cretaceous Period. A prehistoric species has also been reported in Alabama.

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Xylophaga W. Turton, 1822". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  2. "Xylophaga W.Turton, 1822". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  • 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.

External links

  • Media related to Xylophaga at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Xylophaga


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