Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Adapedonta > Superfamily Solenoidea > Family Pharidae > Subfamily Cultellinae > Genus Phaxas

Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phaxas*	Leach, 1852	accepted genus name
*Cultellus (Cultrensis)*	Coen, 1933	synonym

Species group names

*Solen tenuis*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	junior homonym
*Cultellus (Cultrensis) adriaticus*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Phaxas adriaticus*	(Coen, 1933)	synonym
*Solen pellucidus*	Pennant, 1777	synonym
*Solen pygmaeus*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: lille knivmusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: sabelschede sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: razor shell; transparent razor shell sources: MarLIN. (2006). BIOTIC - Biological Traits Information Catalogue. Marine Life Information Network. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Durchscheinende Messerscheide; Durchscheinende Scheidenmuschel; Durchsichtige Messerscheide; durchsichtige Scheidenmuschel; Kleine Schwertmuschel sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Norwegian Bokmål: lommeknivskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: lommeknivskjel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: liten knivmussla

Literature

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.
additional source	Eschrich, H. (1931). Cultellus pellucidus. Eine Monographische Darstellung. Zoologischen Jahrbüchern, Abteilung f. Anatomie. 53: 585-610.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140737