Xylophagaidae

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Xylophagaidae
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Superorder:
Order: Myida
Family: Xylophagaidae
Purchon, 1941
Genera

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Xylophagaidae is a family of deep-sea woodboring bivalve molluscs, similar to shipworms.[1]

List of genera[]

The Xylophagaidae family contains seven genera:[2]

  • Abditoconus Voight, 2019
  • Voight, 2019
  • Voight, 2019
  • Romano, 2020
  • Xylophaga W. Turton, 1822
  • R. D. Turner, 1972
  • R. D. Turner, 1972

References[]

  1. ^ Dixon., Turner, Ruth (2002). On the subfamily Xylophagainae (Family Pholadidae, Bivalvia, Mollusca). Harvard University. OCLC 52261201.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Xylophagaidae Purchon, 1941". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
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