Pharus (bivalve)

For other uses, see Pharus (disambiguation).

Pharus is a genus of medium-sized saltwater clams, littoral bivalve molluscs in the family Pharidae.^[1]

Pharus
Shell of Pharus chenui (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Adapedonta
Superfamily:	Solenoidea
Family:	Pharidae
Genus:	Pharus Gray, 1840
Type species
Solen legumen Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
Ceratisolen Forbes in Forbes & Hanley, 1848 (objective synonym) Pharus Leach in T. Brown, 1844

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 ["Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 42a, second printing"] as the first valid use.^[1]

Species

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