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CaRMS name detailsXylophaginae Purchon, 1941 †
23147 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23147)
unaccepted > superseded rank
Subfamily
marine,
fossil only
(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]
Nomenclature Boss (1982) suggested emendation of this subfamily name to Xylophagainae in order to avoid the homonymy with the family...
Nomenclature Boss (1982) suggested emendation of this subfamily name to Xylophagainae in order to avoid the homonymy with the family name Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (based on Xylophagus Meigen, 1803, in Diptera), but this was never formally presented to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature for formal approval. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xylophaginae 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=23147 on 2026-03-25
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Xylophaginae Purchon, 1941 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23147 on 2026-03-25
Date action by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z created db_admin
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] additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Classification Ranked as a self-standing family of the Pholadoidea by some authors [details]Nomenclature Boss (1982) suggested emendation of this subfamily name to Xylophagainae in order to avoid the homonymy with the family name Xylophagidae Fallén, 1810 (based on Xylophagus Meigen, 1803, in Diptera), but this was never formally presented to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature for formal approval. [details] |