Phaxas
Genus of bivalves
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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]
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| Shell of Phaxas tenellus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Adapedonta |
| Superfamily: | Solenoidea |
| Family: | Pharidae |
| Genus: | Phaxas Leach in Gray, 1852 |
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Species
The following species are recognised:[2]
- Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)
- Phaxas tenellus Cosel, 1993
Species brought into synonymy:
- Phaxas adriaticus (Coen, 1933): synonym of Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)
- Phaxas cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Phaxas decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1904) accepted as Afrophaxas decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1904)
