MSBIAS taxon details
Pharus J. E. Gray, 1840
744673 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:744673)
accepted
Genus
Pharus T. Brown, 1844 · unaccepted
- Species Pharus legumen (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. <em>in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum.</em> ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287672
page(s): 135, 150 [details]
page(s): 135, 150 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pharus J. E. Gray, 1840. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744673 on 2026-02-24
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Pharus J. E. Gray, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744673 on 2026-02-24
Date
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original description
Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. <em>in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum.</em> ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287672
page(s): 135, 150 [details]
original description (of Pharus T. Brown, 1844) Brown, T. (1838-1844). Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water. Second edition, greatly enlarged. London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart; London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172
page(s): 113. [details]
basis of record Vokes, H. E. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic catalogue (revised and updated). Paleontological Research Institution. Ithaca. US. [details]
page(s): 135, 150 [details]
original description (of Pharus T. Brown, 1844) Brown, T. (1838-1844). Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water. Second edition, greatly enlarged. London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart; London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172
page(s): 113. [details]
basis of record Vokes, H. E. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic catalogue (revised and updated). Paleontological Research Institution. Ithaca. US. [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality