Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Myida > Superfamily Pholadoidea > Family Pholadidae > Subfamily Pholadinae > Genus Barnea

Barnea parva (Pennant, 1777)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Barnea*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name
*Anchomasa*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Barnea (Anchomasa)*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Barnea (Barnea)*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Species group names

*Anchomasa pennantiana*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Barnea parva var. quadrangula*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Pholas crenulatus*	Spengler, 1792	synonym
*Pholas dactyloides*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Pholas duboisi*	Locard, 1891	synonym
*Pholas ligamentina*	Deshayes, 1839	synonym
*Pholas parva*	Pennant, 1777	synonym
*Pholas parva var. major*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Pholas tuberculata*	W. Turton, 1822	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: kleine boormossel sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: Little piddock sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Kleine Bohrmuschel

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Barnea parva (Pennant, 1777). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140768