Jump to content

Xylophaga

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.[1][2]

Species

[edit]

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

[edit]
  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.
[edit]
  • Media related to Xylophaga at Wikimedia Commons