MolluscaBase taxon details
Xylophaga washingtona Bartsch, 1921
507034 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507034)
accepted
Species
Xylophaga californica Bartsch, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
Bartsch, P. (1921). A new classification of the shipworms and descriptions of some new wood boring mollusks. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 34: 25-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332278
page(s): 32 [details]
page(s): 32 [details]
Type locality contained in USA, Washington (State)
, Note San Juan Island
Type locality San Juan Island [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xylophaga washingtona Bartsch, 1921. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507034 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Bartsch, P. (1921). A new classification of the shipworms and descriptions of some new wood boring mollusks. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 34: 25-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332278
page(s): 32 [details]
original description (of Xylophaga californica Bartsch, 1921) Bartsch, P. (1921). A new classification of the shipworms and descriptions of some new wood boring mollusks. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 34: 25-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332278
page(s): 31 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record 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 Turner, R. D. (1956). Notes on <i>Xylophaga washingtona</i> Bartsch and on the genus. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 70(1): 10-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520671 [details]
page(s): 32 [details]
original description (of Xylophaga californica Bartsch, 1921) Bartsch, P. (1921). A new classification of the shipworms and descriptions of some new wood boring mollusks. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 34: 25-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332278
page(s): 31 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record 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 Turner, R. D. (1956). Notes on <i>Xylophaga washingtona</i> Bartsch and on the genus. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 70(1): 10-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520671 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality San Juan Island [details]
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xylophaga californica Holotype USNM 209876) (from synonym Xylophaga californica Bartsch, 1921)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xylophaga washingtona Holotype USNM 334479)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (Xylophaga washingtona Holotype USNM 334479)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
