Taxonavigation

Xylophaga dorsalis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Heterodonta
Ordo: Myoida
Familia: Pholadidae
Subfamilia: Xylophagainae
Genera: Xylophaga – Xylopholas – Xyloredo

Name

Xylophagainae Purchon, 1941

Type genus: Xylophaga Turton, 1822

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.
• Turner, R.D., 2002: On the subfamily Xylophagainae (family Pholadidae, Bivalva, Mollusca). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 157(4): 223–308.