Pholas Linnaeus, 1758

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Genus Pholas Linnaeus, 1758

[= Hypogaea Poli, 1791: 29 , objective (partim); Hypogaeoderma Poli, 1795: 251 , 257, objective, type species: Pholas dactylus Linnaeus, 1758 , by subsequent designation ( Turner, 1954); Phloas Turton, 1802: 172 (error pro Pholas ); Pholadiarius Duméril, 1806: 310 , unnecessary emendation of Pholas Linnaeus ; Pholax Renier, 1807 : vii (error pro Pholas ); Pholadites Schlotheim, 1813: 105 , invalid, ICZN 1999, art. 20; Pholalites Schläpfer, 1821: 278 (error pro Pholaldites); Xylotrya Menke, 1830: 121 , objective, type species: Pholas dactylus Linnaeus, 1758 , by subsequent designation ( Clench and Turner, 1946); Dactylina Gray, 1847 , type species: Pholas dactylus Linnaeus, 1758 , by original designation; Pholadarius Herrmannsen, 1852: 105 (error pro Pholadiarius ); Pholalithes Paetel, 1875: 160 (error pro Pholalites); Pragmopholas Fischer, 1887: 1133 , type species: Pholas dactylus Linnaeus, 1758 , by by subsequent designation ( Turner, 1954)].

Type species: Pholas dactylus Linnaeus, 1758 , by subsequent designation ( Children 1822).

Distribution: Eastern and Western Atlantic, Southeastern Pacific, China Seas.

Remarks: The genera Pholadites , Dactylina , Xylotrya and Pragmopholas are objective synonyms of Pholas due to their type species is Pholas dactylus . The genus level names Hypogaea , Hypogaeoderma , Phloas and Pholadarius are considered invalid names. Five valid species are currently included into the genus Pholas ( Bernard et al. 1993; Huber 2010; Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012; Cosel and Gofas 2018). Pholas dactylus Linnaeus, 1758 from Northeastern Atlantic and P. orientalis Gmelin, 1791 from China Seas belong to Pholas s. s., whereas the other three species are included in the subgenus Thovana Gray, 1847 .