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Paphia

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Kingdom
  
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Phylum
  
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Veneroida

Superfamily
  
Veneroidea

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Bivalvia, Veneridae, Paratapes undulatus, Molluscs, Meretrix

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

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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).

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Species

Species within this genus include:

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  • 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 textile (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym of Paratapes textilis)
  • Paphia undulata (Born, 1778) (synonym of Paratapes undulatus)
  • Paphia vernicosa (Gould, 1861)
  • Paphia vetula (Basterot, 1825)

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    References

    Paphia Wikipedia