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Pharus legumen (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pharus legumen (Linnaeus, 1758)Juvenile specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 31.03.2010), actual size 8.8 mm. Arrow indicates the position of the inner buttress.
Pharus legumen (Linnaeus, 1758)
Juvenile specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 31.03.2010), actual size 8.8 mm. Arrow indicates the position of the inner buttress.

140736 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140736)

accepted
Species
Solen legumen Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Solen legumen Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 672 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Note "M. Mediterraneo".  
Type locality "M. Mediterraneo". [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pharus legumen (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140736 on 2026-10-05
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Pharus legumen (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140736 on 2026-10-05
Date
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by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2009-09-05 11:22:23Z
changed
von Cosel, Rudo
2013-11-26 09:39:46Z
changed
Sartori, André F.

original description (of Solen legumen Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 672 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Yonge, C. M. (1959). On the structure, biology and systematic position of <i>Pharus legumen</i> (L.). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 38(2): 277-290., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/1990/1/On_the_structure,_biology_and_systematic_position_of_Pharus_legumen_(L.).pdf [details] 

additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Type locality "M. Mediterraneo". [details]
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German Taschenmessermuschel  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (159 publications) (from synonym Solen legumen Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pharus legumen) 
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 0 proteins) 
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Solen legumen Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Pharus legumen (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Dinard, beached,... 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Solen legumen Linnaeus, 1758)
To ITIS
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