Genus Parapholas Conrad, 1848

Museums

Regional Maps

• Parapholas Conrad, T.A. 1848. Description of two new genera and new species of Recent shells, &c;. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 4 (1848-1849): 121 [121].

  Type species:

   Pholas californica Conrad, 1837 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Bouchet, P. & Gofas, S. 2013. Parapholas Conrad, 1848. In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204644 (Accessed on 2017-06-08)

Coan, E.V. & Valentich-Scott, P. 2012. Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. Santa Barbara : Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History 2 vols. pp.1258.

Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

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