''Paphia'' is a
genus
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of saltwater clam, a
marine
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bivalve
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mollusk
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in the subfamily
Tapetinae of the family
Veneridae
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, 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
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to the
Quaternary (age range: from 112.6 to 0.0 million years ago).
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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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''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
Veneridae
Bivalve genera
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