''Xylophaga'' is a genus of bivalves in the family

Pholadidae Pholadidae, known as piddocks or angelwings, are a family of bivalve molluscs similar to a clam. Background Piddocks are unique in that each side of their shells is divided into 2 or 3 separate sections. Furthermore, one of the piddock's shells ...

Species

* '' Xylophaga abyssorum'' Dall, 1886 * '' Xylophaga africana'' * '' Xylophaga alexisi'' * '' Xylophaga aurita'' * '' Xylophaga bayeri'' * '' Xylophaga clenchi'' * '' Xylophaga concava'' * '' Xylophaga depalmai'' * '' Xylophaga dorsalis'' ( Turton, 1819) * '' Xylophaga dorsata'' * '' Xylophaga duplicata'' * '' Xylophaga erecta'' * '' Xylophaga foliata'' * '' Xylophaga gagei'' * '' Xylophaga galatheae'' * '' Xylophaga gerda'' * '' Xylophaga globosa'' * '' Xylophaga grevei'' * '' Xylophaga guineensis'' * '' Xylophaga hadalis'' * '' Xylophaga indica'' * '' Xylophaga japonica'' * '' Xylophaga knudseni'' * '' Xylophaga lobata'' * '' Xylophaga mexicana'' * '' Xylophaga microchira'' * † '' Xylophaga mississippiensis'' * '' Xylophaga multichela'' * '' Xylophaga murrayi'' * '' Xylophaga nandani'' Velásquez, Jayachandran & Jima, 2022 * '' Xylophaga nidarosiensis'' * '' Xylophaga noradi'' * '' Xylophaga obtusata'' * '' Xylophaga oregona'' * '' Xylophaga pacifica'' * '' Xylophaga panamensis'' * '' Xylophaga praestans'' E. A. Smith, 1903 * '' Xylophaga profunda'' * '' Xylophaga ricei'' * '' Xylophaga rikuzenica'' * '' Xylophaga siebenalleri'' * '' Xylophaga supplicata'' * '' Xylophaga tipperi'' * '' Xylophaga tomlini'' * † '' Xylophaga tripartita'' * '' Xylophaga tubulata'' * '' Xylophaga turnerae'' * '' Xylophaga washingtona'' Bartsch, 1921 * '' Xylophaga whoi'' An undetermined species has been found in the

Bissekty Formation The Bissekty Formation (sometimes referred to as Bissekt) is a geologic formation and Lagerstätte which crops out in the Kyzyl Kum desert of Uzbekistan, and dates to the Late Cretaceous Period. Laid down in the mid to late Turonian, it is dated ...

, situated in the Kyzyl Kum desert of Uzbekistan, and dates from the late Cretaceous Period. A prehistoric species has also been reported in Alabama.

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

* Myida Bivalve genera Fossils of Uzbekistan Bissekty Formation {{bivalve-stub