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Pholas

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Pholas
Shell of Pholas dactylus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Myida
Family: Pholadidae
Genus: Pholas
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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

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.

Subgenera

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

Species

References

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


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