Pholas

Pholas is a taxonomic genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Pholadinae of the family Pholadidae.

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

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

• 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.

External links

• 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