Deep-Sea taxon details
Xylophaga dorsalis (W. Turton, 1819)
141976 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141976)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Turton, W. (1819). <i>A conchological dictionary of the British Islands</i>. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692
page(s): 185 [details]
page(s): 185 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xylophaga dorsalis (W. Turton, 1819). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141976 on 2025-04-26
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Xylophaga dorsalis (W. Turton, 1819). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141976 on 2025-04-26
original description
(of ) Turton, W. (1819). <i>A conchological dictionary of the British Islands</i>. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692
page(s): 185 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Janssen, R. & Krylova, E. M. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Bivalvia. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Purchon, R. D. (1941). On the biology and relationships of the lamellibranch <i>Xylophaga dorsalis</i> (Turton). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 25: 1-39., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/1181/1/On_the_biology_and_relationships_of_the_lamellibranch_Xylophaga_dorsalis_%28Turton%29.pdf [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.</em> (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Romano, C.; Voight, J. R.; Pérez-portela, R.; Martin, D. (2014). Morphological and Genetic Diversity of the Wood-Boring Xylophaga (Mollusca, Bivalvia): New Species and Records from Deep-Sea Iberian Canyons. <i>PLoS ONE</i>. 9(7): e102887. [Code-compliant e-publication published 25 July 2014]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102887 [details]
page(s): 185 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Janssen, R. & Krylova, E. M. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Bivalvia. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Purchon, R. D. (1941). On the biology and relationships of the lamellibranch <i>Xylophaga dorsalis</i> (Turton). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 25: 1-39., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/1181/1/On_the_biology_and_relationships_of_the_lamellibranch_Xylophaga_dorsalis_%28Turton%29.pdf [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.</em> (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Romano, C.; Voight, J. R.; Pérez-portela, R.; Martin, D. (2014). Morphological and Genetic Diversity of the Wood-Boring Xylophaga (Mollusca, Bivalvia): New Species and Records from Deep-Sea Iberian Canyons. <i>PLoS ONE</i>. 9(7): e102887. [Code-compliant e-publication published 25 July 2014]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102887 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | træ-boremusling | [details] |
| Dutch | houtboormossel | [details] |
| English | wood piddock | [details] |
| German | Holzbohrmuschel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (220 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xylophaga dorsalis)
To GenBank (96 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Xylophaga dorsalis (W. Turton, 1819) Netherlands, Noord-Holland, IJmuiden, Zuiderpi...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (220 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xylophaga dorsalis)
To GenBank (96 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Xylophaga dorsalis (W. Turton, 1819) Netherlands, Noord-Holland, IJmuiden, Zuiderpi...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To ITIS
