Paphia is a genus of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the subfamily Tapetinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Paphia Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138643 on 2021-12-02
This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous to the Quaternary (age range: from 112.6 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossilworks
Species
Species within this genus include:WoRMS Paphia amabilis (Philippi, 1847) Paphia crassisulca (Lamarck, 1818) Paphia declivis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1852) Paphia euglypta (Philippi, 1847) †Paphia finlayi Marwick, 1927 Paphia inflata (Deshayes, 1854) †Paphia japonica (Ando, 1953) Paphia kreipli M. Huber, 2010 Paphia lirata (Philippi, 1848) Paphia lutaenkoi Thach, 2018 Paphia philippiana M. Huber, 2010 Paphia polita (G. B. Sowerby II, 1852) Paphia rotundata (Linnaeus, 1758) Paphia schnelliana (Dunker, 1865) Paphia semirugata (Philippi, 1847) Paphia sulcosa (Philippi, 1847) Paphia vernicosa (Gould, 1861) †Paphia vetula (Basterot, 1825)Discover Yale Digital Content
Formerly included Paphia textile (Gmelin, 1791) has been designated a synonym of Paratapes textilis (Gmelin, 1791). Paphia undulata (Born, 1778) has been designated a synonym of Paratapes undulatus (Born, 1778).
References
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