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Pharus legumen bean razor clam or the bean solen ), is a species of bivalve mollusc commonly found burrowed in the sand on lower shores and in the shallow sublittoral .[1] [2] [3] [4]
Description
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Pharus legumen is up to 130mm long and has a characteristic bean-shaped shell. The shell colour ranges from white to light brown and it displays a light olive to yellow periostracum . The right valve has a single cardinal tooth and a short peg-like posterior lateral tooth, whereas the left valve has two elongated and closely spaced cardinal teeth and a single posterior lateral tooth.[4]
Distribution
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Pharus legumen is commonly found in the English Channel , in the north-east Atlantic and in the Mediterranean Sea .[5]
Similar species
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Pharus legumen is similar to other species of razor clam of the genus Ensis , Phaxas Solen [4]
Invalid taxonomic names
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Solen legumen Linnaeus , 1758
Ceratisolen legumiformis (Locard, 1886)
Ceratisolen legumen (Step, 1927)[6]
References
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^ "Pharus legumen (Linnaeus, 1758), Marine Bivalve Shells of the British Isles" . naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk . Britain: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy . Retrieved 2019-02-24 .
^ "Pharus legumen, NBN Atlas" . species.nbnatlas.org . United Kingdom : National Biodiversity Network . Retrieved 2019-02-24 .
^ a b c Hayward, Peter J.; Ryland, John S. (2017-02-02), "The Marine Environment of North-West Europe", Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe , Oxford University Press, pp. 1–18, doi :10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199549443.003.0001 , ISBN 9780199549443
^ "Pharus legumen | DORIS" . doris.ffessm.fr . Retrieved 2019-02-24 .
^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pharus legumen (Linnaeus, 1758)" . www.marinespecies.org . Retrieved 2019-02-24 .
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