pholad1dæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. pholas, gen it. pholad( is ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ.] Zool. & Palæont .: A family of Conch if era (q. v.); shells gaping at both ends, thin, white, brittle, and very hard, with rasp-like imbrications in front; no hinge or ligament, but acce ory valves; pallial sinus very deep. Animal clavate or vermiform, with a short and truncated foot. They perforate various substances, living in the tubes thus formed. Genera: Pholas, Teredo, . phō-la-dite, subst. [Mod. Lat. pholas, gen it. pholad ( is ); suff. -ite ( Paleont.).] A fo il pholas (q. v.). gaster the belly.] Palæont .: A genus of Labyrinthodont i a, from the Lower Coal-measures of Belgium and the Carboniferous rocks of Yorkshire. phō-lid-oph-or-ŭs, s. [Pref. pholido-, and Gr. phoros=bearing.] Palæont .: A genus of Ganoid Fishes, family Sauride ( Günther ). According to Ethe ridge there are twelve species; ten from the Lias, and two from the Lower Jura ic.