Xylophaga praestans E. A. Smith, 1903
(a piddock)

Interactions where Xylophaga praestans is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
animal animal grows inside dead, marine, submerged wood [Trees] broadleaved and coniferous trees British Bivalve Seashells, Tebble, N., 1966
 /Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Myoida/Pholadidae/Xylophaga praestans/Xylophaga praestansa piddockanimal Plant / grows inside /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous treesdead, marine, submergedwood

Xylophaga praestans (a piddock) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Tebble, N., 1966British Bivalve Seashells212pp, British Museum (Natural History)
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesXylophaga praestans (a piddock)
GenusXylophaga (a genus of molluscs)
FamilyPHOLADIDAE (piddocks)
OrderMYOIDA (an order of molluscs)
ClassBIVALVIA (bivalves)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Xylophaga praestans (a piddock)

Xylophaga praestans (a piddock) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Xylophaga praestans (a piddock):

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