''Paphia'' is a

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of saltwater clam, a marine

bivalve Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

in the subfamily Tapetinae of the family

Veneridae The Veneridae or venerids, common name: Venus (mythology), Venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. Over 500 living species of venerid bivalves are known, most of which are edible, and m ...

, 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

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to the

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(age range: from 112.6 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossilworks
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Species

Species within this genus include: *'' 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
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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

* Chiamenti, A. (1900). Contribuzione alio studio della Malacofauna Adriatica. Nota sulla famiglia della Veneridae, e della Petricolidae. Rivista Italiana di Scienze Naturali. 20(1-2): 9-15 * Nevesskaja L.A., Popov S.V., Goncharova I.A., Guzhov A.V., Janin B.T., Polubotko A.V., Biakov A.S., Gavrilova V.A. (2013). Phanerozoic Bivalvia of Russia and surrounding countries Двустворчатые моллюски России и сопредельных стран в фанерозое Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Rossiyskoy Akademii Nauk. 294: 1-524 page(s): 401 * MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. * Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

External links

Röding, P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
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