Paphia is a genus of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the subfamily Tapetinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. [1]
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).[2]
Species
Species within this genus include:[3]
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Paphia amabilis (Philippi, 1847)
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Paphia crassisulca (Lamarck, 1818)
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Paphia declivis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1852)
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Paphia euglypta (Philippi, 1847)
- †Paphia finlayi Marwick, 1927
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Paphia inflata (Deshayes, 1854)
- †Paphia japonica (Ando, 1953)
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Paphia kreipli M. Huber, 2010
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Paphia lirata (Philippi, 1848)
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Paphia lutaenkoi Thach, 2018
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Paphia philippiana M. Huber, 2010
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Paphia polita (G. B. Sowerby II, 1852)
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Paphia rotundata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Paphia schnelliana (Dunker, 1865)
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Paphia semirugata (Philippi, 1847)
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Paphia sulcosa (Philippi, 1847)
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Paphia vernicosa (Gould, 1861)
- †Paphia vetula (Basterot, 1825)[4]
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.