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Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)

Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant 1777) Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 3-4 m, 18.08.2009), actual size 14 mm
Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant 1777)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 3-4 m, 18.08.2009), actual size 14 mm

140737  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140737)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Adapedonta (Order)
  10. Solenoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Pharidae (Family)
  12. Cultellinae (Subfamily)
  13. Phaxas (Genus)
  14. Phaxas pellucidus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine
(of ) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 71; pl. 46 fig. 24 [details] 
Note Red Wharf, Anglesea., presumed to be in BMNH...  
Unreviewed
Type locality Red Wharf, Anglesea. [details]
Type material presumed to be in BMNH but not located there by Cosel in 1986. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140737 on 2026-02-17
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140737 on 2026-02-17
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge

original description (of ) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 71; pl. 46 fig. 24 [details] 

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [details] 

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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Eschrich, H. (1931). <i>Cultellus pellucidus</i>. Eine Monographische Darstellung. <em>Zoologischen Jahrbüchern, Abteilung f. Anatomie.</em> 53: 585-610. [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Diagnosis Pennant, 1777 (as Solen pellucidus). Brit. Zool., 4: 71, pl. 46, fig. 23. [details]

Type locality Red Wharf, Anglesea. [details]

Type material presumed to be in BMNH but not located there by Cosel in 1986. [details]
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Danish lille knivmusling  [details]
Dutch sabelschede  [details]
English transparent razor shellrazor shell  [details]
German Kleine Schwertmuscheldurchsichtige ScheidenmuschelDurchsichtige MesserscheideDurchscheinende ScheidenmuschelDurchscheinende Messerscheide  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål lommeknivskjell  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk lommeknivskjel  [details]
Swedish liten knivmussla  [details]
BIOTIC 
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications) (from synonym Cultellus pellucidus (Pennant, 1777))
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phaxas pellucidus) 
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 21 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777) Belgium, Antwerpen, 7e Havendok) 
To Malacopics (Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777) France, Normandie, Calvados, Blonville-sur-Mer) 
To Malacopics (Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777) Italy, Marche, Ancona, Ancona, at 20 m depth, col... 
To Malacopics (Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777) Netherlands, Friesland, Terschelling, beachmarker... 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
To PESI 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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