WoRMS taxon details
Xylophaga dorsalis (W. Turton, 1819)
141976 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141976)
accepted
Species
Pholas xilophaga Deshayes, 1835 · unaccepted
Pholas xylophaga Deshayes, 1839 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Teredo dorsalis W. Turton, 1819 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Xylophaga fundazzensis De Gregorio, 1889 · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Teredo dorsalis W. Turton, 1819) 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: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141976 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Teredo dorsalis W. Turton, 1819) 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]
original description (of Pholas xilophaga Deshayes, 1835) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1835). <i>Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome sixième. <i>Histoire des Mollusques</i>. J. B. Baillière: Paris. i-iv + 1-600. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64099
page(s): 47 [details]
original description (of Pholas xylophaga Deshayes, 1839) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1839). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familes, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck, Revue et augmentée de notes présentant les faits nouveaux don't la science s'est enrichie jusqu'ace jour. Troisième édition, Tome deuxième. Meline, Cans, Brussels. 698 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5372629
page(s): 518 [details]
original description (of Xylophaga fundazzensis De Gregorio, 1889) De Gregorio, A. (1889). Esame di taluni molluschi viventi e terziari del Bacino Mediterraneo. <em>il Naturalista Siciliano.</em> 8 (10-11): 248-256 [July 1, 1889]; 8 (12):275-292; pl. 4-5 [September 1, 1889]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11572642
page(s): 249, pl. 4 fig. 1 [details]
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]
page(s): 185 [details]
original description (of Pholas xilophaga Deshayes, 1835) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1835). <i>Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome sixième. <i>Histoire des Mollusques</i>. J. B. Baillière: Paris. i-iv + 1-600. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64099
page(s): 47 [details]
original description (of Pholas xylophaga Deshayes, 1839) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1839). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familes, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck, Revue et augmentée de notes présentant les faits nouveaux don't la science s'est enrichie jusqu'ace jour. Troisième édition, Tome deuxième. Meline, Cans, Brussels. 698 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5372629
page(s): 518 [details]
original description (of Xylophaga fundazzensis De Gregorio, 1889) De Gregorio, A. (1889). Esame di taluni molluschi viventi e terziari del Bacino Mediterraneo. <em>il Naturalista Siciliano.</em> 8 (10-11): 248-256 [July 1, 1889]; 8 (12):275-292; pl. 4-5 [September 1, 1889]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11572642
page(s): 249, pl. 4 fig. 1 [details]
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]
Taxonomy
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]
Other
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 
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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]
[request]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio 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 GenBank (96 nucleotides; 53 proteins) (from synonym Teredo dorsalis W. Turton, 1819)
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 PESI (from synonym Teredo dorsalis W. Turton, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Pholas xylophaga Deshayes, 1839)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (220 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xylophaga dorsalis)
To GenBank (96 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To GenBank (96 nucleotides; 53 proteins) (from synonym Teredo dorsalis W. Turton, 1819)
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 PESI (from synonym Teredo dorsalis W. Turton, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Pholas xylophaga Deshayes, 1839)
To ITIS
