PHOLADIDAE Index


  Barnea
Cyrtopleura
Martesia
Pholadidea
Pholas
Xylophaga
Zirfaea
 

  Barnea Leach in Risso, 1826 (depths in collection: low tide)

 
 
Barnea candida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Norway to Mauritania, Baltic to Black Sea
W. France 39mm
Barnea candida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Norway to Mauritania, Baltic to Black Sea
Italy 38mm
Barnea truncata (Say, 1822)
Nova Scotia to Florida
New York 31mm


  Cyrtopleura Tryon, 1862 (depths in collection: extreme low tide)

   
 
Cyrtopleura costata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Massachusetts to Brasil, Gulf of Mexico, W. Indies
Brasil 95mm
 
   
 
Cyrtopleura costata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Massachusetts to Brasil, Gulf of Mexico, W. Indies
B_PHLD_002 Florida 138mm
 


  Martesia Sowerby, 1824 (depths in collection: washed ashore)

     
 
Martesia cuneiformis (Say, 1822)
N. Carolina to Brasil, Caribbean
N. Carolina 13mm
   


  Pholadidea Turton, 1819 (depths in collection: extreme low tide)

   
 
Pholadidea esmeraldensis (Olsson, 1961)
Ecuador
Ecuador 18mm
 


  Pholas Linnaeus, 1758 (depths in collection: intertidal)

 
 
Pholas orientalis Gmelin, 1791
East India to Queensland, Philippines
B_PHLD_006 Philippines 132mm
Pholas dactylus Linnaeus, 1758
Lofoten and Norway to Morocco, to Black Sea
B_PHLD_003 W. France 74-76mm
   
 
Pholas dactylus Linnaeus, 1758
27mm diam. drilling front in a soft limestone
W. France
 


  Xylophaga Turton, 1822 (depths in collection: 650m to 850m deep)

   
 
Xylophaga washingtona Bartsch, 1921
NE. Pacific
Washington 5mm
Xylophaga dorsalis (Turton, 1819)
Iceland & Norway to Mediterranean, Azores
England 5-7mm
 


  Zirfaea J.E. Gray, 1842 (depths in collection: intertidal)

     
 
Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Labrador to Maryland, Norway to SW. France
Denmark 20mm
   



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