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Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777) 
AphiaID: 140737

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > [unassigned] Euheterodonta (Order) > Solenoidea (Superfamily) > Pharidae (Family) > Phaxas (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Phaxas Leach in Gray, 1852
Synonymised
taxa
  Cultellus pellucidus (Synonym)
Solen pygmaeus Lamarck, 1818 (synonym)
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: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish lille knivmusling  [details]
Dutch sabelschede  [details]
English razor shell  [details]
German durchsichtige Scheidenmuschel  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål lommeknivskjell  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk lommeknivskjel  [details]
Swedish liten knivmussla  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
British Isles [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
East Coast of England [details]
English Channel [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Goote Bank [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
North Africa [details]
North Sea [details]
Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Oostduinkerke (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Africa [details]
Wimereux [details]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links BIOTIC
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diagnosis: Pennant, 1777 (as Solen pellucidus). Brit. Zool., 4: 71, pl. 46, fig. 23. [details]

Type locality: Red Wharf, Anglesea. [details]

Type material: presumed to be in BMNH but not located there by Cosel in 1986. [details]
Images 
Phaxas pellucidus
Phaxas pellucidus
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant 1777) Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 3-4 m, 18.08.2009), actual size 14 mm
Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant 1777)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 3-4 m, 18.08.2009), actual size 14 mm
added on 2013-02-05 - author: Antit, Mouna
qualitystatus: checked by Gofas, Serge on 2013-02-05 13:38:33
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140737
Taxonomic
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140737 on 2013-05-20
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