Pholas

Pholas
Shell of Pholas dactylus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Myida
Family: Pholadidae
Genus: Pholas
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Dactylina Gray, 1847
  • Hypogaea Poli, 1791
  • Pholas (Monothyra) Tryon, 1862· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pholas (Pholas) Linnaeus, 1758· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pholas (Thovana) Gray, 1847· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pragmopholas P. Fischer, 1887

Pholas is a taxonomic genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Pholadinae of the family Pholadidae.[2]

Like other members of this family, they have an ability to bore through clay, earth, wood and soft rock.

Subgenera

  • Pholas (Monothyra) Tryon, 1862
  • Pholas (Pholas) Linnaeus, 1758
  • Pholas (Thovana) Leach Gray, 1847

Species

Synonyms
  • Pholas silicula Lamarck, 1818: synonym of Barnea candida (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

  1. ^ Gofas, Serge (2004). "Pholas Linnaeus, 1758". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pholas Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138343 on 2022-01-08
  • Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.


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