Paphia

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Kingdom Animalia Family Veneridae Phylum Mollusca Order Veneroida		Superfamily Veneroidea Higher classification Veneridae Rank Genus Subclass Heterodonta

Similar Bivalvia, Veneridae, Paratapes undulatus, Molluscs, Meretrix

Silver washed fritillaries argynnis paphia

Paphia is a genus of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in 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 within this genus include:

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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