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Pholadidae Lamarck, 1809

115668  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:115668)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Myoida (Order)
  6. Pholadidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Aspidopholas P. Fischer, 1887
  2. Genus Barnea Risso, 1826
  3. Genus Chaceia Turner, 1955
  4. Genus Clavipholas Conrad, 1868 †
  5. Genus Cyrtopleura Tryon, 1862
  6. Genus Diplothyra Tryon, 1862
  7. Genus Eutylus Vincent, 1891 †
  8. Genus Goniochasma Meek, 1864 †
  9. Genus Jouannetia Desmoulins, 1828
  10. Genus Lignopholas Turner, 1955
  11. Genus Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
  12. Genus Netastoma Carpenter, 1864
  13. Genus Nipponopholas Okamoto & Habe, 1987
  14. Genus Palaeolignopholas Bolotov, Aksenova, Vikhrev, Konopleva, Chapurina & Kondakov, 2021 †
  15. Genus Parapholas Conrad, 1848
  16. Genus Penitella Valenciennes in Du Petit-Thouars, 1846
  17. Genus Pholadidea Turton, 1819
  18. Genus Pholas Linnaeus, 1758
  19. Genus Ramsetia Stephenson, 1941 †
  20. Genus Talona Gray, 1842
  21. Genus Teredina Lamarck, 1818 †
  22. Genus Xylophagella Meek, 1864 †
  23. Genus Zirfaea Gray, 1842
  24. Genus Zirlona Finlay, 1930 †
  25. Genus Anchomasa Leach, 1852 accepted as Barnea Risso, 1826
  26. Genus Anchomosa Lamy, 1925 accepted as Anchomasa Leach, 1852 accepted as Barnea Risso, 1826
  27. Genus Barnia Gray, 1840 † accepted as Barnea Risso, 1826
  28. Genus Cadmusia Leach in Gray, 1852 accepted as Pholadidea Turton, 1819 (synonym)
  29. Genus Dactylina Gray, 1847 accepted as Pholas Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  30. Genus Diploplax Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 accepted as Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 (synonym)
  31. Genus Gitoventrum Paetel, 1875 (Misspelling)
  32. Genus Hastasia Paetel, 1875 accepted as Hatasia Gray, 1851 accepted as Pholadidea Turton, 1819 (misspelling by Olsson 1961)
  33. Genus Hatasia Gray, 1851 accepted as Pholadidea Turton, 1819
  34. Genus Hatosia Schaufuss, 1869 accepted as Hatasia Gray, 1851 accepted as Pholadidea Turton, 1819
  35. Genus Hiata Zetek & Mclean, 1936 accepted as Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 (synonym)
  36. Genus Holopholas P. Fischer, 1887 accepted as Barnea Risso, 1826 (synonym)
  37. Genus Hypogaea Poli, 1791 accepted as Pholas Linnaeus, 1758
  38. Genus Juanetia d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Jouannetia Desmoulins, 1828
  39. Genus Juannetia Desmarest in Chenu, 1859 accepted as Jouannetia Desmoulins, 1828
  40. Genus Laphos Sultanov, 1948 accepted as Pholas Linnaeus, 1758 (Treated as subgenus)
  41. Genus Leuconix Crosse, 1868 (Misspelling)
  42. 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])
  43. Genus Mactesia Paetel, 1875 accepted as Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
  44. Genus Mactresia Gray, 1840 accepted as Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
  45. Genus Martesiella Verrill & Bush, 1898 accepted as Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 (synonym)
  46. Genus Mesopholas Taki & Habe, 1945 accepted as Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 (synonym)
  47. Genus Monoplax Tchang, Tsi & Li, 1960 accepted as Penitella Valenciennes in Du Petit-Thouars, 1846
  48. Genus Monothyra Tryon, 1862 accepted as Pholas Linnaeus, 1758
  49. Genus Navea Gray, 1851 accepted as Penitella Valenciennes in Du Petit-Thouars, 1846 (synonym)
  50. Genus Netastomella Paetel, 1875 accepted as Netastoma Carpenter, 1864
  51. Genus Nettastoma Lamy, 1926 accepted as Netastoma Carpenter, 1864
  52. Genus Nettastomella Carpenter, 1865 accepted as Netastoma Carpenter, 1864 (unnecessary replacement name for Netastoma Carpenter, 1864)
  53. Genus Paraphola Paetel, 1875 accepted as Parapholas Conrad, 1848
  54. Genus Particoma Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 accepted as Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
  55. Genus Penicilla Conrad, 1854 accepted as Penitella Valenciennes in Du Petit-Thouars, 1846
  56. Genus Phloas Turton, 1802 accepted as Pholas Linnaeus, 1758
  57. Genus Pholadidaea Leach in Sowerby, 1839 accepted as Pholadidea Turton, 1819
  58. Genus Pholadidia Fleming, 1828 accepted as Pholadidea Turton, 1819
  59. Genus Pholadidoidea Blainville, 1826 accepted as Pholadidea Turton, 1819
  60. Genus Pholadidoides Herrmannsen, 1847 accepted as Pholadidea Turton, 1819
  61. Genus Pholadopsis Conrad, 1849 accepted as Jouannetia Desmoulins, 1828
  62. Genus Pholameria Conrad, 1865 † accepted as Pholadidea Turton, 1819 (synonym)
  63. Genus Pholax Renier, 1807 accepted as Pholas Linnaeus, 1758
  64. Genus Pholididea Paetel, 1875 accepted as Pholadidea Turton, 1819
  65. Genus Phragmopholas Dall, 1898 (Misspelling)
  66. Genus Polas Gronovius, 1781 accepted as Pholas Linnaeus, 1758
  67. Genus Pragmopholas P. Fischer, 1887 accepted as Pholas Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  68. Genus Schroeteria Tryon, 1862 accepted as Diplothyra Tryon, 1862 (synonym)
  69. Genus Schroteria Tryon, 1862 accepted as Schroeteria Tryon, 1862 accepted as Diplothyra Tryon, 1862
  70. Genus Schröteria Tryon, 1862 accepted as Schroeteria Tryon, 1862 accepted as Diplothyra Tryon, 1862
  71. Genus Scobina Bayle, 1880 accepted as Scobinopholas Grant & Gale, 1931 accepted as Cyrtopleura Tryon, 1862
  72. Genus Scobinopholas Grant & Gale, 1931 accepted as Cyrtopleura Tryon, 1862
  73. Genus Scutigera Cossmann, 1886 accepted as Aspidopholas P. Fischer, 1887 (synonym)
  74. Genus Scyphomya Dall, 1898 accepted as Jouannetia Desmoulins, 1828
  75. Genus Talona Gray, 1840 accepted as Talona Gray, 1842 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  76. Genus Talonella Gray, 1851 accepted as Pholadidea Turton, 1819 (synonym)
  77. Genus Teridina Sowerby, 1839 (Misspelling)
  78. Genus Thovana Gray, 1847 accepted as Pholas Linnaeus, 1758
  79. Genus Thurlosia Catlow & Reeve, 1845 accepted as Barnea Risso, 1826 (synonym)
  80. Genus Triomphala Clessin, 1892 (Misspelling)
  81. Genus Triomphalia G. B. Sowerby II, 1849 accepted as Jouannetia Desmoulins, 1828
  82. Genus Triumphalia Schaufuss in Paetel, 1869 (Misspelling)
  83. Genus Umitakea Habe, 1952 † accepted as Barnea Risso, 1826
  84. Genus Xilophaga Geinitz, 1845 accepted as Xylophaga Turton, 1822
  85. Genus Xilophagus Geinitz, 1845 accepted as Xylophaga Turton, 1822
  86. Genus Zirfaea Gray, 1840 accepted as Zirfaea Gray, 1842 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  87. Genus Zirphaea Clessin, 1891 accepted as Zirfaea Gray, 1842
  88. Genus Zirphaea auctt. accepted as Zirfaea Gray, 1842 (Incorrect subsequent spelling.)
  89. Genus Zyrphaea Clessin, 1891 accepted as Zirfaea Gray, 1842
  90. Genus Calyptopholas Lamy, 1927 (uncertain, unassessed)
  91. Genus Gitocentrum Tryon, 1862 (uncertain, unassessed)
marine
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2025). Pholadidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115668 on 2026-03-27
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

basis of record WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Myoida (Order) > Pholadacea (Superfamily) > Pholadidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): M; stratigraphic range: Jurassic (Bajocian)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]
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