Phaxas

Phaxas is a genus of small razor shells in the family Pharidae. Members of the genus have a pair of elongate valves and live in soft sediments on the sea bed. They have a muscular foot with which they can dig rapidly and a short siphon which they extend to the surface of the substrate. They are suspension feeders.

Species
The following species are recognised: Species brought into synonymy:
 * Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)
 * Phaxas tenellus Cosel, 1993
 * Phaxas adriaticus (Coen, 1933) : synonym of Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)
 * Phaxas cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758) : synonym of Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Phaxas decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1904) accepted as Afrophaxas decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1904)