Pharidae

Pharidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Adapedonta. This family of clams is related to the razor shells (Solenidae), a family which is considered to include Pharidae by some authorities.

Pharidae
Shell of an Ensis species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Adapedonta
Superfamily: Solenoidea
Family: Pharidae
H. Adams and A. Adams, 1858
Genera

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Genera

Genera within the family Pharidae include:

  • Afrophaxas Cosel, 1993
  • Cultellus Schumacher, 1817
  • Ensiculus H. Adams, 1860
  • Ensis Schumacher, 1817
  • Leguminaria Schumacher, 1817
  • Nasopharus Cosel, 1993
  • Neosiliqua Habe, 1965
  • Novaculina Benson, 1830
  • Orbicularia Deshayes, 1850
  • Pharella Gray, 1854
  • Pharus Leach in Brown, 1844
  • Phaxas Leach in Gray, 1852
  • Siliqua Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
  • Sinonovacula Prashad, 1924
  • Sinucultellus Cosel, 1993
  • Sinupharus Cosel, 1993[1]

References

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