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Paphia (bivalve)

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Paphia
Temporal range: Cretaceous – Present
Fossil valve of Paphia vetula from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Paphia
Röding, 1798
Species

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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).[1]

Species

Species within this genus include:[2]

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).

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