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Xylophagainae Purchon, 1941
152926 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152926)
unaccepted > superseded rank
Subfamily
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(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]
Nomenclature Turner (in Moore, ed., 1969: 721) suggested this emendation of the family name in order to avoid the homonymy with the...
Nomenclature Turner (in Moore, ed., 1969: 721) suggested this emendation of the family name in order to avoid the homonymy with the family name Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (based on Xylophagus Meigen, 1803 [Diptera]. However, under ICZN Art. 55.3.1, a change in spelling could be done only by the Commission, which had to be petitioned to amend the spelling of the bivalve name. Coan, Carlton & Evenhuis petitioned the Commission in 2017, and this led to Opinion 2429. [details]
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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 Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
page(s): 32, 35 [details]
basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
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Nomenclature Turner (in Moore, ed., 1969: 721) suggested this emendation of the family name in order to avoid the homonymy with the family name Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (based on Xylophagus Meigen, 1803 [Diptera]. However, under ICZN Art. 55.3.1, a change in spelling could be done only by the Commission, which had to be petitioned to amend the spelling of the bivalve name. Coan, Carlton & Evenhuis petitioned the Commission in 2017, and this led to Opinion 2429. [details]
