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  Superfamily Solenoidea

Family Pharidae (+ Novaculidae)

    Genus Novaculina
    Genus Pharella
    Genus Afrophaxas
    Genus Cultellus
    Genus Ensiculus
    Genus Ensis
    Genus Leguminaria
    Genus Nasopharus
    Genus Neosiliqua
    Genus Orbicularia
    Genus Pharus
    Genus Phaxas
    Genus Siliqua
    Genus Sinonovacula
    Genus Sinucultellus
    Genus Sinupharus

Taxon Information

The Family Pharidae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has not been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Phariidae [sic], (Graf, 2013).
• Navaculidae [sic], [Oriental; 2 species in 1 genus worldwide] (Bogan, 2008).

Bibliography

• Graf, D.L. 2013. Patterns of freshwater bivalve global diversity and the state of phylogenetic studies on the Unionoida, Sphaeriidae, and Cyrenidae. American Malacological Bulletin 31: 135-153.
• Bogan, A.E. 2008. Global diversity of freshwater mussels (Mollusca, Bivalvia) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 139-147. [Available online]

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• MUSSEL Project Web Site
• World Register of Marine Species