Paphia

Paphia is a genus of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.

Paphia
Temporal range: Cretaceous – Present
Fossil valve of Paphia vetula from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Paphia
Röding, 1798
Species

See text.

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).[1]

Species

Species within this genus include:[2]

  • 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 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)[3]

Species Paphia textile (Gmelin, 1791) has been designated a synonym of Paratapes textilis (Gmelin, 1791).

Species Paphia undulata (Born, 1778) has been designated a synonym of Paratapes undulatus (Born, 1778).

References


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