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Pharus
Shell of Pharus chenui (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Adapedonta
Superfamily:	Solenoidea
Family:	Pharidae
Genus:	Pharus Gray, 1840
Type species
Solen legumen Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Ceratisolen Forbes in Forbes & Hanley, 1848 (objective synonym) Pharus Leach in T. Brown, 1844

Pharus is a genus of medium-sized saltwater clams, littoral bivalve molluscs in the family Pharidae.

Taxonomy

Established without included species (nomen nudum) by Gray, 1840 in "Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 42, first printing". Hence, often attributed to Leach in Brown, 1844. However, Vokes (1980) cites Gray, 1840 as the first valid use.

Species

• Pharus chenui Cosel, 1993
• Pharus legumen (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pharus Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744673 on 2022-01-04

• Vokes, H. E. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic catalogue (revised and updated). Paleontological Research Institution. Ithaca. US

External links

• Forbes, E. & Hanley, S. C. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells.

• Pharidae
• Bivalve genera