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Pholas

genus of molluscs
Taxon taxon Q3014615
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Pholas

Summary

Pholas is a taxon[1]. Pholas ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month, #1,627 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pholas's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pholas is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pholas is classified within Pholadidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Pholas is Pholas[6].
  • Pholas's Commons category is recorded as Pholas[7].
  • Pholas's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pholas[8].

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Classification

Pholas's scientific name is Pholas[6]. Pholas is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Pholas is classified within Pholadidae[5].

Identifiers

Pholas's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 246268[9]. Pholas's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 52915[10]. Pholas's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46470682[11]. Pholas's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2288791[12]. Pholas's ITIS TSN is recorded as 81810[13].

Why It Matters

Pholas ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month, #1,627 of 195,241).[2] Pholas has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Pholas is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Interlingual index id → i45691
    Parent taxon → Pholadidae
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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