Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Myida > Superfamily Pholadoidea > Family Pholadidae > Subfamily Martesiinae > Genus Pholadidea

Pholadidea loscombiana W. Turton, 1819

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pholadidea*	W. Turton, 1819	accepted genus name
*Cadmusia*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Pholadidea (Pholadidea)*	W. Turton, 1819	synonym

Species group names

*Cadmusia solanderia*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Pholadidea papyracea*	(W. Turton, 1822)	synonym
*Pholadidea papyracea var. aborta*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Pholas goodall*	Blainville, 1826	synonym
*Pholas lamellata*	W. Turton, 1822	synonym
*Pholas papyracea*	W. Turton, 1822	synonym
*Pholas striata*	Blainville, 1825	synonym
*Pholas sulcata*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Pholas vibonensis*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: American rock borer; paper piddock 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.

German: Papierschalige Bohrmuschel

Literature

original description	Turton, W. (1819). A conchological dictionary of the British Islands. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls.
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	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: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pholadidea loscombiana W. Turton, 1819. 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:140769