''Xylophaga dorsalis'' is a species of bivalves in the family
Xylophagaidae
Xylophagaidae is a family of deep-sea woodboring bivalve molluscs, similar to shipworms
The shipworms are marine bivalve molluscs in the family Teredinidae: a group of saltwater clams with long, soft, naked bodies. They are notorious for bor ...
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See also
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List of marine molluscs of Ireland (Bivalvia)
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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''Xylophaga dorsalis''at WoRMS
Pholadidae
Bivalves described in 1819
Fauna of Ireland
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