Pholas is a taxonomic genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Pholadinae of the family Pholadidae.[2]
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| Shell of Pholas dactylus |
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Scientific classification  |
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Eukaryota |
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Animalia |
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Mollusca |
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Bivalvia |
| Order: |
Myida |
| Family: |
Pholadidae |
| Genus: |
Pholas
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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| Species |
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| Synonyms[1] |
- Dactylina Gray, 1847
- Hypogaea Poli, 1791
- Pholas (Monothyra) Tryon, 1862· accepted, alternate representation
- Pholas (Pholas) Linnaeus, 1758· accepted, alternate representation
- Pholas (Thovana) Gray, 1847· accepted, alternate representation
- Pragmopholas P. Fischer, 1887
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Like other members of this family, they have an ability to bore through clay, earth, wood and soft rock.
- Pholas (Monothyra) Tryon, 1862
- Pholas (Pholas) Linnaeus, 1758
- Pholas (Thovana) Leach Gray, 1847
- Synonyms
- Pholas silicula Lamarck, 1818: synonym of Barnea candida (Linnaeus, 1758)
- 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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- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae
- Poli J.X. (1791). Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
