Xylophaga dorsalis

Xylophaga dorsalis is a species of bivalves in the family Xylophagaidae.

Xylophaga dorsalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Myida
Superfamily: Pholadoidea
Family: Pholadidae
Genus: Xylophaga
Species:
X. dorsalis
Binomial name
Xylophaga dorsalis
(Turton, 1819)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pholas xilophaga Deshayes, 1835
  • Teredo dorsalis Turton, 1819

See also

References

  1. A conchological dictionary of the British Islands. W Turton, 1819
  • 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.
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