Family Xylophagaidae Purchon 1941 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Xylophagaidae

Alternative spelling: Xylophagidae

Parent taxon: Pholadoidea according to J. R. Voight et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Pholadidae, Teredinidae

Subtaxa: Xylophaga

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Type: Xylophaga

Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Jamaica (1)

• Miocene of Denmark (1), Germany (1), Grenada (1)

• Eocene of United States (2: Alabama, Mississippi)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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