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CaRMS taxon detailsXylophagaidae Purchon, 1941
1338968 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1338968)
accepted
Family
Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 · unaccepted (spelling emended by ICZN Opinion 2429)
Xylophaginae Purchon, 1941 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
marine,
recent + fossil
(of Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941) Purchon, R. D. (1941). On the biology and relationships of the lamellibranch <i>Xylophaga dorsalis</i> (Turton). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 25: 1-39., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/1181/1/On_the_biology_and_relationships_of_the_lamellibranch_Xylophaga_dorsalis_%28Turton%29.pdf
page(s): 32, 35 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xylophagaidae Purchon, 1941. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1338968 on 2026-02-20
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Xylophagaidae Purchon, 1941. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1338968 on 2026-02-20
Date action by
original description
(of Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941) Purchon, R. D. (1941). On the biology and relationships of the lamellibranch <i>Xylophaga dorsalis</i> (Turton). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 25: 1-39., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/1181/1/On_the_biology_and_relationships_of_the_lamellibranch_Xylophaga_dorsalis_%28Turton%29.pdf
page(s): 32, 35 [details] basis of record ICZN. (2018). Opinion 2429 (Case 3717). Xylophagidae Purchon, 1941 (Mollusca, Bivalvia): emended to Xylophagaidae to remove homonymy with Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (Insecta, Diptera). <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 75: 297-299., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v75.a066 [details] |
