Xylophaga

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

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, 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

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Myida
Bivalve genera
Fossils of Uzbekistan
Bissekty Formation

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