WoRMS taxon details
Xylophagaidae Purchon, 1941
1338968 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1338968)
accepted
Family
Xylophagainae Purchon, 1941 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 · unaccepted (spelling emended by ICZN Opinion 2429)
Xylophaginae Purchon, 1941 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Abditoconus Voight, 2019
- Genus Feaya Voight, 2019
- Genus Spiniapex Voight, 2019
- Genus Xylonora Romano, 2020
- Genus Xylophaga W. Turton, 1822
- Genus Xylophagella Meek, 1864 †
- Genus Xylopholas R. D. Turner, 1972
- Genus Xyloredo R. D. Turner, 1972
- Genus Mesoxylophaga Habe, 1977 accepted as Xyloredo R. D. Turner, 1972 (synonym)
- Genus Protoxylophaga Iw. Taki & Habe, 1945 accepted as Xylophaga W. Turton, 1822 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941) Purchon, R. D. (1941). On the biology and relationships of the lamellibranch <i>Xylophaga dorsalis</i> (Turton). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 25: 1-39., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/1181/1/On_the_biology_and_relationships_of_the_lamellibranch_Xylophaga_dorsalis_%28Turton%29.pdf
page(s): 32, 35 [details]
page(s): 32, 35 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xylophagaidae Purchon, 1941. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1338968 on 2025-05-17
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(of Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941) Purchon, R. D. (1941). On the biology and relationships of the lamellibranch <i>Xylophaga dorsalis</i> (Turton). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 25: 1-39., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/1181/1/On_the_biology_and_relationships_of_the_lamellibranch_Xylophaga_dorsalis_%28Turton%29.pdf
page(s): 32, 35 [details]
basis of record ICZN. (2018). Opinion 2429 (Case 3717). Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca, Bivalvia): emended to Xylophagaidae to remove homonymy with Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta, Diptera). <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 75: 297-299. [details]
page(s): 32, 35 [details]
basis of record ICZN. (2018). Opinion 2429 (Case 3717). Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca, Bivalvia): emended to Xylophagaidae to remove homonymy with Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta, Diptera). <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 75: 297-299. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Norwegian Bokmål | dødvedfluer [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | daudvedfluger [from synonym] | [details] |
| Swedish | vedflugor [from synonym] | [details] |
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xylophagaidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xylophagaidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xylophaginae) (from synonym Xylophaginae Purchon, 1941 †)
To Genbank
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Xylophaginae Purchon, 1941 †)
To NHMUK collection (Xylophagidae Stephens, 1829; NHMUK:ecatalogue:8698744) (from synonym Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xylophagaidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xylophaginae) (from synonym Xylophaginae Purchon, 1941 †)
To Genbank
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Xylophaginae Purchon, 1941 †)
To NHMUK collection (Xylophagidae Stephens, 1829; NHMUK:ecatalogue:8698744) (from synonym Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
