Xylophagaidae

For the fly family, see Xylophagidae.

Xylophagaidae
Temporal range: Albian–recent,
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Superorder: Imparidentia
Order: Myida
Family: Xylophagaidae
Purchon, 1941
Genera

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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.

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