WoRMS taxon details
Pholadinae Lamarck, 1809
246144 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246144)
accepted
Subfamily
Pholas Linnaeus, 1758 (type by original designation)
- Genus Barnea Risso, 1826
- Genus Cyrtopleura Tryon, 1862
- Genus Nipponopholas Okamoto & Habe, 1987
- Genus Pholas Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Talona Gray, 1842
- Genus Zirfaea J. E. Gray, 1842
- Genus Anchomasa Leach, 1852 accepted as Barnea (Anchomasa) Leach, 1852 represented as Barnea Risso, 1826
- Genus Hypogaea Poli, 1791 accepted as Pholas Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Leuconyx H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863 accepted as Cyrtopleura Tryon, 1862 (name rejected by Turner (1969) as a forgotten name (nomen oblitum) because it was not used as a valid name for 50 years [ICZN 2nd ed, Article 23b])
- Genus Scobina Bayle, 1880 accepted as Cyrtopleura (Scobinopholas) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931 represented as Cyrtopleura Tryon, 1862 (invalid: junior homonym of Scobina Lepeletier, 1825 [Coleoptera]; Scobinopholas is a replacement name)
- Genus Thovana J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Pholas (Thovana) J. E. Gray, 1847 represented as Pholas Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Zirphaea auct. accepted as Zirfaea J. E. Gray, 1842 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Pholadidae Lamarck, 1809) Lamarck, J.-B. (M. de). (1809). Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675762f/f6.item.texteImage
page(s): 1: 319 [details]
page(s): 1: 319 [details]
taxonomy Subfamily level not generally used
taxonomy Subfamily level not generally used [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pholadinae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246144 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pholadidae Lamarck, 1809) Lamarck, J.-B. (M. de). (1809). Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675762f/f6.item.texteImage
page(s): 1: 319 [details]
page(s): 1: 319 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
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. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
taxonomy Subfamily level not generally used [details]
