Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Alternative spelling: Xylophagainae
Parent taxon: Pholadidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Cyrtopleura, Dactylina, Diplothyra, Jouannetiinae, Lignopholas, Martesia, Martesiinae, Martesinae, Opertochasma, Pholadinae, Teredina, Zirphaea
Subtaxa: Xylophagella Xylopholas Xyloredo
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Washington collection)
• Paleocene of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of India (2), Mexico (1), Mozambique (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Maryland, Texas)
• Jurassic of Greenland (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence