ERMS taxon details
Xylophaga W. Turton, 1822
138667 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138667)
accepted
Genus
Teredo dorsalis W. Turton, 1819 accepted as Xylophaga dorsalis (W. Turton, 1819) (type by monotypy)
- Species Xylophaga dorsalis (W. Turton, 1819)
- Species Xylophaga gagei Harvey, 1996
- Species Xylophaga nidarosiensis Santhakumaran, 1980
- Species Xylophaga noradi Santhakumaran, 1980
- Species Xylophaga praestans E. A. Smith, 1903
- Species Xylophaga ricei Harvey, 1996
- Species Xylophaga anselli Harvey, 1996 accepted as Abditoconus anselli (Harvey, 1996) (original combination)
- Species Xylophaga brava Romano, Pérez-Portela & D. Martin, 2014 accepted as Abditoconus brava (Romano, Pérez-Portela & D. Martin, 2014) (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): Addenda: 253 [details]
page(s): Addenda: 253 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xylophaga W. Turton, 1822. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138667 on 2025-05-17
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Xylophaga W. Turton, 1822. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138667 on 2025-05-17
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Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): Addenda: 253 [details]
additional source Turner, R. D. (1956). Notes on <i>Xylophaga washingtona</i> Bartsch and on the genus. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 70(1): 10-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520671 [details]
additional source Harvey R. (1996). Deep water Xylophagaidae (Pelecypoda: Pholadacea) from the North Atlantic with description of three new species.. <i>Journal of Conchology 35(6)</i>: 473-481 [details]
additional source Knudsen, J. (1961). The bathyal and abyssal <i>Xylophaga</i> (Pholadidae, Bivalvia). <em>Galathea Reports.</em> 5: 163-209., available online at https://digit.snm.ku.dk/Documentsonline/GalatheaReports/galathea-vol.05-pp_163-209.pdf [details]
additional source Turner, R. D. (2002). On the subfamily Xylophagainae. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 157(4): 223-307., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4290707 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
page(s): Addenda: 253 [details]
additional source Turner, R. D. (1956). Notes on <i>Xylophaga washingtona</i> Bartsch and on the genus. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 70(1): 10-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520671 [details]
additional source Harvey R. (1996). Deep water Xylophagaidae (Pelecypoda: Pholadacea) from the North Atlantic with description of three new species.. <i>Journal of Conchology 35(6)</i>: 473-481 [details]
additional source Knudsen, J. (1961). The bathyal and abyssal <i>Xylophaga</i> (Pholadidae, Bivalvia). <em>Galathea Reports.</em> 5: 163-209., available online at https://digit.snm.ku.dk/Documentsonline/GalatheaReports/galathea-vol.05-pp_163-209.pdf [details]
additional source Turner, R. D. (2002). On the subfamily Xylophagainae. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 157(4): 223-307., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4290707 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
