Paphia (bivalve)

Paphia is a genus of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the subfamily Tapetinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. ^[1]

Paphia Temporal range: Cretaceous – Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil valve of Paphia vetula from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
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).^[2]

Species

Cooked Paphia vernicosa in Japan

Species within this genus include:^[3]

• 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 lutaenkoi Thach, 2018
• 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)^[4]

Formerly included

• Paphia textile (Gmelin, 1791) has been designated a synonym of Paratapes textilis (Gmelin, 1791).
• Paphia undulata (Born, 1778) has been designated a synonym of Paratapes undulatus (Born, 1778).