Pharidae

Family of bivalves

Pharidae

Shell of an Ensis species
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
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

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Genera within the family Pharidae include:

* Cenonovaculina Morlet, 1889
* 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

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pharidae.

1. ^ World Register of Marine Species

Taxon identifiers

Pharidae|

* Wikidata: Q3013551
* Wikispecies: Pharidae
* ADW: Pharidae
* AFD: Pharidae
* BOLD: 197657
* CoL: 7NKF3
* EPPO: 1PHARF
* GBIF: 6847
* iNaturalist: 85983
* IRMNG: 104640
* ITIS: 566908
* NBN: NHMSYS0021054520
* NCBI: 114957
* Open Tree of Life: 459514
* Paleobiology Database: 61700
* WoRMS: 23091

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