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Genus of bivalves
Pholas
Shell of
Pholas dactylus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Myida
Family:
Pholadidae
Genus:
Pholas
Linnaeus ,
1758
Species
See text
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
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.
External links
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Pholas .
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae
Poli J.X. (1791). Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213