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 Pholadinae > Genus Barnea

Barnea candida (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Barnea*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name
*Anchomasa*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Barnea (Anchomasa)*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Barnea (Barnea)*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Species group names

*Barnea spinosa*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Pholas candidus*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Pholas candidus var. subovata*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Pholas costulata*	Goodall, 1890	synonym
*Pholas cylindricus*	J. Sowerby, 1818	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: almindelig boremusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: witte boormossel 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: white piddock sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.

French: barnée blanche; pholade sources: Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf;Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Engelsflügel; weise Bohrmuschel; weiße Bohrmuschel sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.;Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Greek: Άσπρο δάκτυλο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: blåleireskjel

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	Babiç, K. (1921). Monactinellida und Tetractinellida der Adria. Glasnik Hrvatskoga prirodoslovnoga drustva. 33: 77-93.
additional source	Okutani, T. (1994). A New Discovery of Streak-like Flashing Luminescence in Ctenoides ales (Finley,1927) (Bivalvia:Limidae). VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 53(1):57 - 59.
additional source	Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
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.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Barnea candida (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:140767