Deep-Sea taxon details
Xylophaga obtusata Knudsen, 1961
428850 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:428850)
accepted
Species
marine
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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xylophaga obtusata Knudsen, 1961. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428850 on 2025-05-13
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Xylophaga obtusata Knudsen, 1961. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428850 on 2025-05-13
original description
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]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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
