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Paphia

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Description

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

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paphia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7234844	https://www.gbif.org/species/7234844
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18020	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18020

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Paphia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Paphia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Veneroidei
-	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Venerinae	Rafinesque 1815
tribe	Tapetini
genus	Paphia	Gray 1847

Scientific Name

Paphia Gray, 1847

Name Published In

Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1847

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Paphia	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Nagao, 1928
Paphia	genus	belongs to Tapetinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Paphia	genus	belongs to Veneridae	implied	Lamprell and Whitehead, 1992
Paphia	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

9 (53%)

First Recorded Appearance

113 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Veneridae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Veneridae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Veneridae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paphia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Paphia (Callistotapes) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		27	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Paphia (Paphia) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		34	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Paphia (Paratapes) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Paphia (Protapes) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		13	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Paphia amabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia clarki ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Paphia crassiscula species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Paphia crassisulca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia declivis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia euglypta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia exilis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	7.25 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Paphia finlayi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia inflata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia jacalitosensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia japonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia kreipli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia lirata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia lutaenkoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia papilionacea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia parisiensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Paphia persica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Paphia peruana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia philippiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia polita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia rotundata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia schnellian species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia schnelliana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia semirugata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia sulcosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia textile species	listed (PBDB)		7	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Paphia undulate species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paphia vernicosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1798	Paphia Röding
1928	Paphia Nagao p. 77
1935	Paphia Oostingh p. 188
1953	Paphia Hassan p. 21
1973	Paphia Marasti p. 111
1980	Paphia Vokes p. 176
1992	Paphia Lamprell and Whitehead p. 156
2002	Paphia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Nagao T. (1928) Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part II, Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 12 1, 11-140

Oostingh C. H. (1935) Die Mollusken des Pliozäns von Boemiajoe (Java), Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 26, 1-247

Hassan M. Y. (1953) Tertiary faunas from Kap Brewstwer, East Greenland, Meddeleser om Grønland 111 5, 1-42

Marasti R. (1973) La fauna tortoniana del T. Stirone (limite Parmense-Piacentino), Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 12 1, 76-120

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Lamprell K., Whitehead T. (1992) , Bivalves of Australia 1

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1847 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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