†Paphia persica Cox 1936 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1936. Fossil Mollusca from southern Persia (Iran) and Bahrein Island. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 22(2):1-67

Belongs to Paphia according to L. R. Cox 1936

Sister taxa: Paphia (Callistotapes), Paphia (Paphia), Paphia (Paratapes), Paphia (Protapes), Paphia clarki, Paphia crassiscula, Paphia exilis, Paphia numidicus, Paphia parisiensis, Paphia textile, Paphia vetula

Type specimen: K9/954, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of India (1 collection), Iran (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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