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WoRMS taxon details

Phaxas Leach, 1852

AphiaID

138335 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138335)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cultellinae A. M. Davies, 1935

Original name

Phaxas Leach, 1852

Synonymised names

Cultellus (Cultrensis) Coen, 1933 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cultrensis Coen, 1933 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Phaxas (Phaxas) Leach, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Phaxus [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)

Subcultellus Ghosh, 1920 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

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Species Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)
Species Phaxas tenellus Cosel, 1993
Subgenus Phaxas (Ensiculus) H. Adams, 1861 accepted as Ensiculus H. Adams, 1861
1. Species Phaxas (Ensiculus) cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subgenus Phaxas (Phaxas) Leach, 1852 accepted as Phaxas Leach, 1852 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
1. Species Phaxas (Phaxas) hanleyi (Dunker, 1861) accepted as Siliqua albida (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Species Phaxas adriaticus (Coen, 1933) accepted as Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)
Species Phaxas cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Phaxas decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1904) accepted as Afrophaxas decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1904)

Environment

marine

Original description

Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 259, 262 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phaxas Leach, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138335 on 2025-01-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2005-04-14 07:47:17Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2013-09-29 21:26:32Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

2022-08-29 07:11:35Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2022-09-01 21:49:37Z

changed

Schneider, Simon

2023-03-08 19:33:09Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

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original description Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 259, 262 [details]

original description (of Cultellus (Cultrensis) Coen, 1933) Coen, G. (1933). Molluschi nuovi di Rovigno. Note dell'Istituto Italo-Germanico di Biologia Marina di Rovigno d'Istria. 11(6): 1-8, 1 pl.
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Subcultellus Ghosh, 1920) Ghosh, E. (1920). Taxonomic studies on the soft parts of the Solenidae. Records of the Indian Museum. 19 (2): 47-78, pl. 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10881985
page(s): 60. [details]

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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Classification According to Vokes (1967), Nordsieck (1969) and McKay & Smith (1979) Phaxas Leach, 1852 distinguishes itself from Cultellus Schumacher, 1817. [details]

Definitions

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