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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Pholadoidea: Pholadidae

Xylophaga profunda Turner, 2002


Range: 25.9°N to 25.887°N; 77.82°W to 77.67°W
Depth: 1722 to 2066 m (live 1722 to 2066 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10.9  mm

Details


Xylophaga profunda Turner, 2002, p. 243-245, pl. 12, figs. 1-6; pl. 13, figs. 1-6
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Tongue of the Ocean, off NE tip of Andros Island, Bahama Islands, 25°54'N, 77°49'W, 1722 m
Range: 25.9°N to 25.887°N; 77.82°W to 77.67°W
Depth: 1722 to 2066 m (live 1722 to 2066 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10.9 mm
Distribution: Bahamas: Tongue of the Ocean
References: Turner (2002) DdLlNSEWM


Partial List of References

Turner, R. D. 2002. On the subfamily Xylophaginae (Family Pholadidae, Bivalvia, Mollusca) Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 157 223-308. [Stated date: 31 Oct 2002.]

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