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original description(ofMetaxylophaga Taki & Habe, 1950)Taki, I. & Habe T. (1950). Xylophaginidae in Japan. In: T. Kuroda (ed.) Illustrated catalogue of Japanese shells, vol. 1 (7): 45-47, text figs 1-7. page(s): 47. [details]
original description(ofNeoxylophaga Taki & Habe, 1950)Taki, I. & Habe T. (1950). Xylophaginidae in Japan. In: T. Kuroda (ed.) Illustrated catalogue of Japanese shells, vol. 1 (7): 45-47, text figs 1-7. page(s): 46. [details]
additional sourceHarvey R. (1996). Deep water Xylophagaidae (Pelecypoda: Pholadacea) from the North Atlantic with description of three new species.. <i>Journal of Conchology 35(6)</i>: 473-481[details]
additional sourceSpencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.[details]
redescriptionCoan, 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]
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