Definition of Xylophaga. Meaning of Xylophaga. Synonyms of Xylophaga

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Definition of Xylophaga

Xylophaga
Xylophaga Xy*loph"a*ga, n. [NL. See Xylophagous.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of marine bivalves which bore holes in wood. They are allied to Pholas.

Meaning of Xylophaga from wikipedia

- Xylophaga is a genus of bivalves in the family Pholadidae. Xylophaga abyssorum Dall, 1886 Xylophaga africana Knudsen, 1961 Xylophaga alexisi Voight & Segonzac...
- Xylophaga dorsalis is a species of bivalves in the family Xylophagaidae. List of marine molluscs of Ireland (Bivalvia) A conchological dictionary of the...
- piddock Genus Xylophaga Turton, 1822 Xylophaga abyssorum Dall, 1886 Xylophaga atlantica Richards, 1942 Xylophaga dorsalis (Turton, 1819) Xylophaga praestans...
- Xylophaga nandani is a species of bivalve in the family Xylophagaidae named after professor Sivasankaran Bijoy Nandan, an eminent marine biologist in...
- known about the bacteria that degrade cellulose. Symbiotic bacteria in Xylophaga may play a role in the degradation of sunken wood. Alphaproteobacteria...
- insulation could be eaten, for instance, by species of Teredo (shipworm) and Xylophaga. Hemp laid between the steel wire armouring gave pests a route to eat...
- 2016 C. protea (Fayod 1883) Zopf 1885 C. vandevyveri van Wichelen et al. 2016 C. xylophaga (M****alongo ex M****alongo 1902) Synonyms Cashia Page 1974...
- wood boring bivalves that belong to the subfamily Xylophagainae, such as Xylophaga dorsalis, or other species recently described from deep-sea canyons. They...
- divided into three groups, true sawflies (phyllophaga), woodwasps or xylophaga (Siricidae), and Orussidae. The three groupings have been distinguished...
- Western America. Species: Abditoconus anselli (Harvey, 1996) (synonym Xylophaga anselli) Abditoconus brava (Romano, PĂ©rez-Portela & D.Martin, 2014) Abditoconus...