Phacoides

Phacoides is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Lucinidae.^[1][2]

Phacoides
Shell of Phacoides pectinatus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Lucinida
Superfamily:	Lucinoidea
Family:	Lucinidae
Genus:	Phacoides Agassiz, 1846
Type species
Lucina jamaicensis Lamarck, 1801
Synonyms
Dentilucina P. Fischer, 1887 (objective synonym) Dentilucina (Dentilucina) P. Fischer, 1887 Lucina (Dentilucina) P. Fischer, 1887 Lucina (Phacoides) Agassiz, 1846

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.^[2]

Species

• Phacoides albella Lamarck, 1806
• Phacoides cancellatus Nowell-Usticke, 1969: synonym of Codakia cubana Dall, 1901: synonym of Ferrocina cubana (Dall, 1901) (nomen dubium)
• Phacoides inornata Deshayes, 1857
• † Phacoides lepis (von Koenen, 1885)
• Phacoides pectinatus (Gmelin, 1791)