Pholas

Pholas is a taxonomic genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pholadidae. Like other members of this family, they have an ability to bore through clay, earth, wood and soft rock.

Pholas
Shell of Pholas dactylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Myida
Family: Pholadidae
Genus: Pholas
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Dactylina Gray, 1847
  • Pragmopholas P. Fischer, 1887

Subgenera
  • Pholas (Monothyra) Tryon, 1862
  • Pholas (Pholas) Linnaeus, 1758
  • Pholas (Thovana) Leach Gray, 1847

Species
  • Pholas campechiensis Gmelin, 1791
  • Pholas chiloensis Molina, 1782
  • Pholas dactylus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Pholas orientalis Gmelin, 1791
  • Pholas silicula Lamarck, 1818

References
  1. Gofas, Serge (2004). "Pholas Linnaeus, 1758". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.


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