Xylophaga Anselli

''Xylophaga'' is a genus of bivalves in the family Pholadidae.

Species

* ''Xylophaga abyssorum'' Dall, 1886
* ''Xylophaga africana''
* ''Xylophaga alexisi''
* ''Xylophaga aurita''
* ''Xylophaga bayeri''
* ''Xylophaga clenchi''
* ''Xylophaga concava''
* ''Xylophaga depalmai''
* '' Xylophaga dorsalis'' ( Turton, 1819)
* ''Xylophaga dorsata''
* ''Xylophaga duplicata''
* ''Xylophaga erecta''
* ''Xylophaga foliata''
* '' Xylophaga gagei''
* '' Xylophaga galatheae''
* '' Xylophaga gerda''
* '' Xylophaga globosa''
* '' Xylophaga grevei''
* '' Xylophaga guineensis''
* '' Xylophaga hadalis''
* '' Xylophaga indica''
* '' Xylophaga japonica''
* '' Xylophaga knudseni''
* '' Xylophaga lobata''
* '' Xylophaga mexicana''
* '' Xylophaga microchira''
* † '' Xylophaga mississippiensis''
* '' Xylophaga multichela''
* '' Xylophaga murrayi''
* '' Xylophaga nandani'' Velásquez, Jayachandran & Jima, 2022
* ''Xylophaga nidarosiensis''
* ''Xylophaga noradi''
* ''Xylophaga obtusata''
* ''Xylophaga oregona''
* ''Xylophaga pacifica''
* ''Xylophaga panamensis''
* ''Xylophaga praestans'' E. A. Smith, 1903
* ''Xylophaga profunda''
* '' Xylophaga ricei''
* ''Xylophaga rikuzenica''
* ''Xylophaga siebenalleri''
* ''Xylophaga supplicata''
* ''Xylophaga tipperi''
* ''Xylophaga tomlini''
* † '' Xylophaga tripartita''
* ''Xylophaga tubulata''
* ''Xylophaga turnerae''
* ''Xylophaga washingtona'' Bartsch, 1921
* ''Xylophaga whoi''

An undetermined species has been found in the Bissekty Formation, situated in the Kyzyl Kum desert of Uzbekistan, and dates from the late Cretaceous Period. A prehistoric species has also been reported in Alabama.

References

* Purchon, R. D. 1941. On the biology and relationships of the lamellibranch Xylophaga dorsalis (Turton). Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Journal 25(1): 1–39.

External links

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Myida
Bivalve genera
Fossils of Uzbekistan
Bissekty Formation

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