Phaxas
| Phaxas | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Family: | Pharidae |
| Genus: | Phaxas Leach in Gray, 1852 |
| Species | |
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Phaxas 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. They are suspension feeders.[1]
Species
The following species are recognised:[2]
- Phaxas adriaticus (Coen, 1933)
- Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)
- Phaxas tenellus Cosel, 1993
References
- ↑ Barrett, J. & C. M. Yonge (1958) Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore. Collins, London
- ↑ World Register of Marine Species
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