Xylophagaidae

Xylophagaidae is a family of marine bivalves. They are woodboring molluscs similar to shipworms and range from the sublittoral zone to the deep sea.

Xylophagaidae was first recognized as a subfamily Xylophagainae with the family Pholadidae.

List of genera

The Xylophagaidae family contains seven extant genera:

• Abditoconus Voight, 2019
• Feaya Voight, 2019
• Spiniapex Voight, 2019
• Xylonora Romano, 2020
• Xylophaga W. Turton, 1822
• Xylopholas R. D. Turner, 1972
• Xyloredo R. D. Turner, 1972

There is also one genus only known from the fossil record:

• †Xylophagella Meek 1864

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