Paphia is a genus of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the subfamily Tapetinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
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).
Species
Species within this genus include:
- Paphia amabilis <small>(Philippi, 1847) </small>
- Paphia crassisulca <small>(Lamarck, 1818) </small>
- Paphia declivis <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1852) </small>
- Paphia euglypta <small>(Philippi, 1847) </small>
- â Paphia finlayi <small>Marwick, 1927</small>
- Paphia inflata <small>(Deshayes, 1854) </small>
- â Paphia japonica <small>(Ando, 1953)</small>
- Paphia kreipli <small>M. Huber, 2010</small>
- Paphia lirata <small>(Philippi, 1848) </small>
- Paphia lutaenkoi <small>Thach, 2018</small>
- Paphia philippiana <small>M. Huber, 2010</small>
- Paphia polita <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1852) </small>
- Paphia rotundata <small>(Linnaeus, 1758) </small>
- Paphia schnelliana <small>(Dunker, 1865) </small>
- Paphia semirugata <small>(Philippi, 1847) </small>
- Paphia sulcosa <small>(Philippi, 1847) </small>
- Paphia vernicosa <small>(Gould, 1861) </small>
- â Paphia vetula <small>(Basterot, 1825)</small>
Formerly included
- Paphia textile <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> has been designated a synonym of Paratapes textilis <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>.
- Paphia undulata <small>(Born, 1778)</small> has been designated a synonym of Paratapes undulatus <small>(Born, 1778).</small>
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 [= ÃÂòÃÂÃÂÃÂòþÃÂÃÂðÃÂÃÂõ üþûûÃÂÃÂúø àþÃÂÃÂøø ø ÃÂþÿÃÂõôõûÃÂýÃÂÃÂ
ÃÂÃÂÃÂðý ò ÃÂðýõÃÂþ÷þõ]. 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