WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pharidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856

Pharidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856
AphiaID: 23091

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > [unassigned] Euheterodonta (Order) > Solenoidea (Superfamily)

Status

accepted

Record
status

Checked by Taxonomic Editor

Rank

Family

Parent

Solenoidea

Synonymised
taxa

Cultellidae Davies, 1935

Sources

additional source: Cosel R. von (1993). The razor shells of the eastern Atlantic. Part 1: Solenidae and Pharidae I (Bivalvia: Solenacea). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 122 (Zilch Festschrift): 207-321 [details]

additional source: Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. [details]

redescription: 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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names

Language	Name
Swedish	knivmusslor	[details]

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Genus Afrophaxas Cosel, 1993

» Species Afrophaxas decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1904)

Subfamily Cultellinae Davies, 1935
Genus Cultellus Schumacher, 1817

Genus Ensiculus H. Adams, 1860

» Species Ensiculus australis (Dunker, 1862)
» Species Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Ensiculus cumingianus (Dunker, 1862)
» Species Ensiculus marmoratus (Dunker, 1862)
» Species Ensiculus philippianus Dunker, 1877 accepted as Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus Ensis Schumacher, 1817

» Species Ensis californicus Dall, 1899
» Species Ensis directus (Conrad, 1843)
» Species Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Ensis goreensis (Clessin, 1888)
» Species Ensis macha (Molina, 1782)
» Species Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817
» Species Ensis megistus Pilsbry & McGinty, 1943
» Species Ensis minor (Chenu, 1843)
» Species Ensis myrae Berry, 1954
» Species Ensis nitidus (Clessin, 1888)
» Species Ensis siliqua (Linnaeus, 1758)

» Variety Ensis siliqua var. minor Chenu, 1843 accepted as Ensis minor (Chenu, 1843)

» Species Ensis terranovensis Vierna & Martínez-Lage, 2012
» Species Ensis tropicalis Hertlein & Strong, 1955
» Species Ensis americanus (Gould, 1870) accepted as Ensis directus (Conrad, 1843)
» Species Ensis arcuatus (Jeffreys, 1865) accepted as Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817

» Variety Ensis arcuatus var. directus accepted as Ensis directus (Conrad, 1843)
» Variety Ensis arcuatus var. ensoides Van Urk, 1964 accepted as Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817
» Variety Ensis arcuatus var. norvegica Van Urk, 1964 accepted as Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817

» Species Ensis luzonicus Dunker, 1862 accepted as Ensis macha (Molina, 1782)
» Species Ensis minor Dall, 1899 accepted as Ensis megistus Pilsbry & McGinty, 1943
» Species Ensis phaxoides Van Urk, 1964 accepted as Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Ensis sicula Van Urk, 1964 accepted as Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus Nasopharus Cosel, 1993

» Species Nasopharus elegans Cosel, 1993
» Species Nasopharus nasutus Cosel, 1993

Genus Neosiliqua Habe, 1965

» Species Neosiliqua winteriana (Dunker, 1853)

Genus Novaculina Benson, 1830

» Species Novaculina chinensis Liu & Zhang, 1979
» Species Novaculina gangetica Benson, 1830
» Species Novaculina siamensis Morlet, 1889

Subfamily Novaculininae Ghosh, 1920
Genus Orbicularia Deshayes, 1850

» Species Orbicularia orbiculata (W. Wood, 1828)

Genus Pharella Gray, 1854

» Species Pharella acuminata (Hanley, 1842)
» Species Pharella acutidens (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)
» Species Pharella adamsii Clessin, 1888
» Species Pharella javanica (Lamarck, 1818)
» Species Pharella olivacea (Metcalfe, 1852)
» Species Pharella waltoni Brandt, 1974
» Species Pharella wardi Iredale, 1929

Subfamily Pharellinae Stoliczka, 1870
Subfamily Pharinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856
Genus Pharus Leach in Brown, 1844

» Species Pharus chenui Cosel, 1993
» Species Pharus legumen (Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus Phaxas Leach in Gray, 1852

» 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)

Genus Siliqua Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

» Species Siliqua (Siliqua) barnardi Huber, 2010 represented as Siliqua barnardi Huber, 2010 (alternate representation)
» Species Siliqua (Siliqua) fasciata (Spengler, 1794) represented as Siliqua fasciata (Spengler, 1794) (alternate representation)

» Species Siliqua polita (Dunker, 1862) accepted as Sinupharus africanus (Chenu, 1843)
» Species Siliqua tenerior (Hedley, 1914) accepted as Cultellus tenerior (Hedley, 1914)

Subfamily Siliquinae Bronn, 1862
Genus Sinonovacula Prashad, 1924

» Species Sinonovacula constricta (Lamarck, 1818)
» Species Sinonovacula lamarcki Huber, 2010
» Species Sinonovacula mollis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)
» Species Sinonovacula rivularis Huang & Zhang, 2007

Genus Sinucultellus Cosel, 1993

» Species Sinucultellus atlanticus Cosel, 1993

Genus Sinupharus Cosel, 1993

» Species Sinupharus africanus (Chenu, 1843)
» Species Sinupharus bernardi Cosel, 1993
» Species Sinupharus combieri (Fischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946)
» Species Sinupharus curtus Cosel, 1993
» Species Sinupharus galatheae Cosel, 1993

Genus Aulus Oken, 1815 accepted as Siliqua Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

» Species Aulus fasciatus Dunker, 1868 accepted as Siliqua fasciata (Spengler, 1794)

Genus Ceratisolen Forbes & Hanley, 1848 accepted as Pharus Leach in Brown, 1844
Genus Ensatella Swainson, 1840 accepted as Ensis Schumacher, 1817

» Species Ensatella europaea Swainson, 1840 accepted as Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus Leguminaria Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Siliqua Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

» Species Leguminaria costata Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Siliqua radiata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus Machaera Gould, 1841 accepted as Siliqua Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
Genus Solecurtoides Des Moulins, 1832 accepted as Siliqua Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

Environment

marine

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LSID

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Date	action	by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z	created	db_admin
2010-07-10 09:41:30Z	changed	Gofas, Serge

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Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Pharidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23091 on 2013-05-25

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