MolluscaBase - Pholas (Zirfaea) J. E. Gray, 1842

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Pholas (Zirfaea) J. E. Gray, 1842

AphiaID

1743002 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1743002)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded rank (superseded combination)

Accepted name

Zirfaea J. E. Gray, 1842

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Pholas Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Zirfaea J. E. Gray, 1842

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Species Pholas (Zirfaea) mirabilis O. Boettger, 1880 † accepted as Zirfaea mirabilis (O. Boettger, 1880) † (superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Zirfaea J. E. Gray, 1842) Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 76 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pholas (Zirfaea) J. E. Gray, 1842. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1743002 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2024-03-15 06:00:18Z

created

Marshall, Bruce

2024-03-15 17:44:37Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description (of Zirfaea J. E. Gray, 1842) Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 76 [details]