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Pharus

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Pharus may refer to:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7443195	https://www.gbif.org/species/7443195
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18064	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18064

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Pharidae : Pharus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Solenida : Pharidae : Pharus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Solenata	Dall 1889
order	Solenida	Dall 1889
superfamily	Solenoidea
family	Pharidae	Adams and A 1858
subfamily	Pharinae	Adams and Adams 1856
genus	Pharus	Gray 1840

Scientific Name

Pharus Gray, 1840

Name Published In

Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus., ed. 42

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pharus	genus	belongs to Calyptrosphaeraceae	stated without evidence	Bown and Young, 1997
Pharus	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pharus	genus	belongs to Pharinae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 20.4 Ma
Miocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Pharidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pharidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Pharus chenui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pharus legumen species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pharus simulacrum species	listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Pharus Leach, 1844	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Pharidae : *Pharus*
Ceratisolen Forbes, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Pharidae : *Ceratisolen*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1997	Pharus Bown and Young
2002	Pharus Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Pharus Bouchet et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Bown P. R., Young J. R. (1997) Mesozoic calcareous nannoplankton classification., Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 19, 21-36

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per synonymized taxon - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus., ed. 42 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Vokes, H. E. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic catalogue (revised and updated). Paleontological Research Institution. Ithaca. US. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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