Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Paphia according to C. H. Oostingh 1935
See also Rosenberg et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Paphia (Callistotapes), Paphia (Paratapes), Paphia (Protapes), Paphia clarki, Paphia crassiscula, Paphia exilis, Paphia numidicus, Paphia parisiensis, Paphia persica, Paphia textile, Paphia vetula
Subtaxa: Paphia (Paphia) amabilis Paphia (Paphia) undulata Paphia (Paphia) vandermeermohri
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (6 collections), the Philippines (1), Taiwan (3), Thailand (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (3)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (3), the Philippines (1)
• Miocene of India (1), Indonesia (10), Japan (1)
Total: 30 collections including 34 occurrences