Pharidae

Short description: Family of bivalves

Pharidae

Shell of an Ensis species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Bivalvia
Order:  | Adapedonta
Superfamily:  | Solenoidea
Family:  | Pharidae
H. Adams and A. Adams, 1858
Genera

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Pharidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Adapedonta. This family of clams is related to the razor shells, a family which is considered to include Pharidae by some authorities.

## Genera

Genera within the family Pharidae include:

* Afrophaxas Cosel, 1993
* Cultellus Schumacher, 1817
* Ensiculus H. Adams, 1860
* Ensis Schumacher, 1817
* Leguminaria Schumacher, 1817
* Nasopharus Cosel, 1993
* Neosiliqua Habe, 1965
* Novaculina Benson, 1830
* Orbicularia Deshayes, 1850
* Pharella Gray, 1854
* Pharus Leach in Brown, 1844
* Phaxas Leach in Gray, 1852
* Siliqua Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
* Sinonovacula Prashad, 1924
* Sinucultellus Cosel, 1993
* Sinupharus Cosel, 1993[1]

## References

1. ↑ World Register of Marine Species

Wikidata ☰ Q3013551 entry

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