WoRMS taxon details
Phaxas Leach in Gray, 1852
AphiaID: 138335
AphiaID: 138335
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > [unassigned] Euheterodonta (Order) > Solenoidea (Superfamily) > Pharidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Pharidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Phaxas adriaticus (Coen, 1933) Species Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777) Species Phaxas tenellus Cosel, 1993 Species Phaxas decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1904) accepted as Afrophaxas decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1904) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Classification: According to Vokes (1967), Nordsieck (1969) and McKay & Smith (1979) Phaxas Leach, 1852 distinguishes itself from Cultellus Schumacher, 1817. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138335 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Phaxas Leach in Gray, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138335 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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