All Species
37 Species in Family Pharidae
Nominal species list for Pharidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Cultellus attenuatus Dunker, 1862
Cultellus pellucidus unspecified
Cultellus scalprum (Gould, 1850)
Cultellus tenuis Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834 African knife clam
Ensis californicus Dall, 1899
Ensis directus Conrad, 1843 American jack knife clam
Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758) Razor shell
Ensis goreensis Clessin, 1888 Goree razor clam
Ensis leei Huber, 2015 Atlantic razor clam
Ensis macha (Molina, 1782) Razor clam
Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817 Arched razor shell
Ensis megistus Pilsbry & McGinty, 1943
Ensis minor Dall, 1900 Minor jackknife
Ensis myrae Berry, 1953 California jackknife
Ensis siliqua (Linnaeus, 1758) Sword razor shell
Novaculina gangetica Benson, 1830
Pharus legumen (Linnaeus, 1758) Bean razor clam
Phaxas adriaticus (Coen, 1933)
Phaxas albida (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Phaxas cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phaxas hanleyi (Dunker, 1861)
Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777) Transparent razor shell
Phaxas scalpra (Gould, 1851)
Siliqua alta (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829) Alaska razor
Siliqua costata Say, 1822 Atlantic razor
Siliqua fasciata (Spengler, 1974)
Siliqua grayana (Dunker, 1861)
Siliqua japonica (Dunker, 1861)
Siliqua lucida (Conrad, 1837) Transparent razor
Siliqua minima (Gmelin, 1791)
Siliqua patula (Dixon, 1789) Pacific razor
Siliqua pulchella (Dunker, 1852) Bright and thin razor clam
Siliqua radiata (Linnaeus, 1758) Sunset siliqua
Siliqua sloati Hertlein, 1961
Siliqua squama de Blainville, 1824 Rough razor
Siliqua winteriana Dunker, 1852 Winter's razor clam
Sinonovacula constricta (Lamarck, 1818) Chinese razor clam
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