Pharidae is a
taxonomic
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family
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of saltwater clams,
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bivalve
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mollusc
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s in the order
Adapedonta
Adapedonta is an order of bivalves belonging to the class Bivalvia.
Families:
* Edmondiidae
* Hiatellidae
* † Pachydomidae
* Pharidae
* Solenidae
Solenidae, commonly called "razor shells", is a family of marine bivalve molluscs in the un ...
. This family of
clam
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s 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
''Ensis'' is a genus of medium-sized edible saltwater clams, littoral bivalve molluscs in the family Pharidae. ''Ensis'', or razor clams, are known in much of Scotland as spoots, for the spouts of water they eject while burrowing into the sand, ...
''
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
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''
Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
* ''
Sinonovacula
''Sinonovacula'' is a genus of bivalves.
Species include:
*''Sinonovacula constricta
''Sinonovacula constricta'', the constricted tagelus, Chinese razor clam or Agemaki clam, is a commercially important species of bivalve native to th ...
''
Prashad, 1924
* ''
Sinucultellus''
Cosel, 1993
* ''
Sinupharus''
Cosel, 1993World Register of Marine Species
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References
Bivalve families
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