Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order [unassigned] Euheterodonta > Superfamily Solenoidea > Family Pharidae > Genus Phaxas

Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phaxas*	Leach in Gray, 1852	accepted genus name
*Cultellus (Cultrensis)*	Coen, 1933	synonym

Species group names

*Cultellus (Cultrensis) adriaticus*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Solen pellucidus*	Pennant, 1777	synonym
*Solen pygmaeus*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): lommeknivskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: lille knivmusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: sabelschede 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.

German: durchsichtige Scheidenmuschel sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Norwegian: lommeknivskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: lommeknivskjell sources: British Zoology ?: 84

Norwegian Nynorsk: lommeknivskjel sources: British Zoology ?: 84

Nynorsk (Norwegian): lommeknivskjel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: liten knivmussla

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
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.

Taxon found in 20 publications.

3 specimens with barcodes

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
GenBank (9 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140737