WoRMS taxon details
Xylophaga platyplax Voight, 2024
1765675 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1765675)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Voight, J. R. (2024). Three new species of wood-boring bivalves (Mollusca: Xylophagaidae) from the deep Northwest Atlantic Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5493(3): 275-290., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5493.3.4
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Note NE of Norfolk, Virginia, 37°01.7 N, 73°59.1...
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Type locality NE of Norfolk, Virginia, 37°01.7 N, 73°59.1 W to 37°00.5 N, 73°57.0 W, 2245–2275 m [details]
Etymology platy- (G) flat; plax referring to mesoplax.
Etymology platy- (G) flat; plax referring to mesoplax. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xylophaga platyplax Voight, 2024. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1765675 on 2025-04-06
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Voight, J. R. (2024). Three new species of wood-boring bivalves (Mollusca: Xylophagaidae) from the deep Northwest Atlantic Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5493(3): 275-290., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5493.3.4
page(s): 280, figs 4-6 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 280, figs 4-6 [details] Available for editors
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