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.
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