WoRMS name details
Xylochiton Gowlett-Holmes & A. M. Jones, 1992
385585 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385585)
unaccepted
Genus
Xylochiton xylophagus Gowlett-Holmes & A. M. Jones, 1992 accepted as Ferreiraella xylophaga xylophaga (Gowlett-Holmes & A. M. Jones, 1992) (type by original designation)
- Species Xylochiton xylophagus Gowlett-Holmes & A. M. Jones, 1992 accepted as Ferreiraella xylophaga xylophaga (Gowlett-Holmes & A. M. Jones, 1992) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Gowlett-Holmes, K. L. & Jones, A. M. (1992). Xylochitonidae fam.n., a new family of deep-water chitons, with descriptions of a new genus and species from New Zealand (Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurina. <em>i>Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia</i.</em> 13: 35-44. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xylochiton Gowlett-Holmes & A. M. Jones, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385585 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Gowlett-Holmes, K. L. & Jones, A. M. (1992). Xylochitonidae fam.n., a new family of deep-water chitons, with descriptions of a new genus and species from New Zealand (Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurina. <em>i>Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia</i.</em> 13: 35-44. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Sirenko B.I. (1997). Position in the system and the origin of deep-water chitons of the family Ferreiraellidae (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). <em>Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal.</em> 7(2): 77-89.
page(s): 80 [details]
page(s): 80 [details]
