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Pharidae comprise 16 genuses
Family Pharidae 1/4 Subfamily Cultellinae : 6 Genus -----1/6 Genus Afrophaxas: 1 Species----------1/1 Afrophaxas decipiens-----2/6 Genus Cultellus: 5 Species----------1/5 Cultellus attenuatus ----------2/5 Cultellus hanleyi ----------3/5 Cultellus maximus ----------4/5 Cultellus subellipticus ----------5/5 Cultellus vitreus-----3/6 Genus Ensiculus: 6 Species----------1/6 Ensiculus aspersus ----------2/6 Ensiculus australis ----------3/6 Ensiculus concinnus ----------4/6 Ensiculus cultellus ----------5/6 Ensiculus cumingianus ----------6/6 Ensiculus marmoratus-----4/6 Genus Ensis: 14 Species----------1/14 Ensis californicus ----------2/14 Ensis ensis ----------3/14 Ensis goreensis ----------4/14 Ensis leei ----------5/14 Ensis loboi ----------6/14 Ensis macha ----------7/14 Ensis magnus ----------8/14 Ensis megistus ----------9/14 Ensis minor ----------10/14 Ensis myrae ----------11/14 Ensis nitidus ----------12/14 Ensis siliqua ----------13/14 Ensis terranovensis ----------14/14 Ensis tropicalis-----5/6 Genus Phaxas: 2 Species----------1/2 Phaxas pellucidus ----------2/2 Phaxas tenellus-----6/6 Genus Sinucultellus: 1 Species----------1/1 Sinucultellus atlanticus2/4 Subfamily Pharellinae : 6 Genus -----1/6 Genus Cenonovaculina: 1 Species----------1/1 Cenonovaculina siamensis-----2/6 Genus Novaculina: 2 Species----------1/2 Novaculina gangetica ----------2/2 Novaculina myanmarensis-----3/6 Genus Orbicularia: 1 Species----------1/1 Orbicularia orbiculata-----4/6 Genus Pharella: 5 Species----------1/5 Pharella acuminata ----------2/5 Pharella acutidens ----------3/5 Pharella javanica ----------4/5 Pharella olivacea ----------5/5 Pharella waltoni-----5/6 Genus Sinonovacula: 2 Species----------1/2 Sinonovacula constricta ----------2/2 Sinonovacula mollis-----6/6 Genus Uninovaculina: 1 Species----------1/1 Uninovaculina chinensis3/4 Subfamily Pharinae : 3 Genus -----1/3 Genus Nasopharus: 2 Species----------1/2 Nasopharus elegans ----------2/2 Nasopharus nasutus-----2/3 Genus Pharus: 2 Species----------1/2 Pharus chenui ----------2/2 Pharus legumen-----3/3 Genus Sinupharus: 5 Species----------1/5 Sinupharus africanus ----------2/5 Sinupharus bernardi ----------3/5 Sinupharus combieri ----------4/5 Sinupharus curtus ----------5/5 Sinupharus galatheae4/4 Subfamily Siliquinae : 1 Genus -----1/1 Genus Siliqua: 18 Species----------1/18 Siliqua albida ----------2/18 Siliqua alta ----------3/18 Siliqua barnardi ----------4/18 Siliqua costata ----------5/18 Siliqua fasciata ----------6/18 Siliqua grayana ----------7/18 Siliqua herberti ----------8/18 Siliqua inflexa ----------9/18 Siliqua japonica ----------10/18 Siliqua lucida ----------11/18 Siliqua minima ----------12/18 Siliqua patula ----------13/18 Siliqua polita ----------14/18 Siliqua pulchella ----------15/18 Siliqua radiata ----------16/18 Siliqua rostrata ----------17/18 Siliqua squama ----------18/18 Siliqua tenerior68 Species in Pharidae
(Extracted from WoRMS on February 2026)
NB: status "accepted" and "extant, not fossile-only"