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Pholas
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Pholas

Pholas is a taxonomic genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pholadidae. Like other members of this family, they have an ability to bore through clay, earth, wood and soft rock.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Common piddock

speciesPholas dactylus

Wing Shell

speciesPholas campechiensis

Pholas chiloensis

speciesPholas chiloensis

Oriental Angel Wing

speciesPholas orientalis

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Pholas in Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch — Schnecken und Muscheln (1770)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch — Schnecken und Muscheln (1770)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch · 1770 · p.101

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 246268.