Pharidae
Encyclopedia
Pharidae is a family
of clam
s related to the razor shells
(Solenidae
), a family which includes Pharidae by some authorities.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of clam
Clam
The word "clam" can be applied to freshwater mussels, and other freshwater bivalves, as well as marine bivalves.In the United States, "clam" can be used in several different ways: one, as a general term covering all bivalve molluscs...
s related to the razor shells
Ensis
Ensis is a genus of medium-sized edible saltwater clams, littoral bivalve mollusks in the family Pharidae.In the United States, other common names for species in this genus are razor clams or jackknife clams. This is because the long, narrow, and parallel-sided shape of their shells is unusual in...
(Solenidae
Solenidae
Solenidae is a family of saltwater clams known as razor shells, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Veneroida.-Taxonomy:Originally razor shells were all classified as Solenidae. Then the genera were grouped into two sub-families, the Cultellinae and Soleninae...
), a family which includes Pharidae by some authorities.
Genera
- Afrophaxas Cosel, 1993
- Cultellus Schumacher, 1817
- Ensiculus H. Adams, 1860
- EnsisEnsisEnsis is a genus of medium-sized edible saltwater clams, littoral bivalve mollusks in the family Pharidae.In the United States, other common names for species in this genus are razor clams or jackknife clams. This is because the long, narrow, and parallel-sided shape of their shells is unusual in...
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
- PhaxasPhaxasPhaxas is a genus of small razor shells in the family Pharidae. Members of the genus have a pair of elongate valves and live in soft sediments on the sea bed. They have a muscular foot with which they can dig rapidly and a short siphon which they extend to the surface of the substrate...
Leach in Gray, 1852 - Siliqua Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
- SinonovaculaSinonovaculaSinonovacula constricta, the constricted tagelus, Chinese razor clam or Agemaki clam is a commercially important species of bivalve native to the estuaries and mudflats of China and Japan. It is extensively aquafarmed in China and other countries, with 742,084 tons worth US$667,876,000 harvested in...
Prashad, 1924 - Sinucultellus Cosel, 1993
- Sinupharus Cosel, 1993