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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Family

Scientific name
  
Pharidae

Higher classification
  
Euheterodonta

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Order
  
Unassigned Euheterodonta

Lower classifications
  
Ensis, Razor shell, Ensis ensis

Pharidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs, currently classified in the unassigned Euheterodonta. This family of clams is related to the razor shells (Solenidae), a family which is considered to include Pharidae by some authorities.

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Genera

Genera within the family Pharidae include:

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  • Afrophaxas Cosel, 1993
  • Cultellus Schumacher, 1817
  • Ensiculus H. Adams, 1860
  • Ensis Schumacher, 1817
  • Leguminaria Schumacher, 1817
  • Nasopharus Cosel, 1993
  • Neosiliqua Habe, 1965
  • Novaculina Benson, 1830
  • Orbicularia Deshayes, 1850
  • Pharella Gray, 1854
  • Pharus Leach in Brown, 1844
  • Phaxas Leach in Gray, 1852
  • Siliqua Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
  • Sinonovacula Prashad, 1924
  • Sinucultellus Cosel, 1993
  • Sinupharus Cosel, 1993

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    References

    Pharidae Wikipedia
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