Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Heterodonta
Ordo: Myoida
Familia: Pholadidae
Subfamilia: Pholadinae
Genus: Pholas
Species: P. campechiensis – P. dactylus
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Name
Pholas Linnaeus, 1758
References
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii Open access Reference page.
Links
Pholas – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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
Pholas bissauensis Cosel & Haga, 2018
Pholas campechiensis Gmelin, 1791
Pholas chiloensis Molina, 1782
Pholas dactylus Linnaeus, 1758
Pholas orientalis Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
Pholas silicula Lamarck, 1818: synonym of Barnea candida (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
Gofas, Serge (2004). "Pholas Linnaeus, 1758". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pholas Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138343 on 2022-01-08
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.
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