MUSSELpdb | family Pharidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 syonymy

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family PHARIDAE H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856: syonymy
3 subfamilies

PHARIDAE Adams & Adams, 1856
Adams & Adams, 1856. unknown publication: ??.
Type genus: Pharus Gray, 1840 = Pharus

NOVACULINIDAE Ghosh, 1920
Ghosh, 1920. Rec. Ind. Mus. 19: 64.
Type genus: Novaculina Benson, 1830 = Novaculina

CULTELLIDAE Davies, 1935
Davies, 1935. Tertiary Faunas 1: 145.
Type genus: Cultellus Schumacher, 1817 = Cultellus

ACTINODONTOPHORIDAE Newell, 1969
Newell, 1969. unknown publication: ??.
Type genus: Actinodontophora Ichikawa, 1952 = Actinodontophora

PHARELLIDAE of Authors, unknown year
Type genus: Pharella Gray, 1854 = Pharella

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