''Paphia'' is a

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of saltwater clam, a

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bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

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in the subfamily Tapetinae of the family

Veneridae The Veneridae or venerids, common name: 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 many of which are e ...

, 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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(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 ''Paphia'' is a genus of saltwater clam, a marine (ocean), 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 ...

'' (Lamarck, 1818) *'' Paphia declivis'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1852) *'' Paphia euglypta'' (Philippi, 1847) *†'' Paphia finlayi'' Marwick, 1927 *''

Paphia inflata ''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 Speci ...

'' (Deshayes, 1854) *†'' Paphia japonica'' (Ando, 1953) *'' Paphia kreipli'' M. Huber, 2010 *''

Paphia lirata ''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 Speci ...

'' (Philippi, 1848) * ''

Paphia lutaenkoi ''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 Speci ...

'' Thach, 2018 *''

Paphia philippiana ''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 Speci ...

'' M. Huber, 2010 *''

Paphia polita ''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 Speci ...

'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1852) *''

Paphia rotundata ''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 Speci ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''

Paphia schnelliana ''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 Speci ...

'' (Dunker, 1865) *''

Paphia semirugata ''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 Speci ...

'' (Philippi, 1847) *''

Paphia sulcosa ''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 Speci ...

'' (Philippi, 1847) *''

Paphia vernicosa ''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 Speci ...

'' (Gould, 1861) *†''

Paphia vetula ''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 Speci ...

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/ref> ''Paphia textile'' (Gmelin, 1791) has been designated a synonym of ''

Paratapes textilis ''Paratapes textilis'' is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Veneridae The Veneridae or venerids, common name: Venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs ...

'' (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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