Paphia (Paphia) Röding 1798 (venus clam)

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

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (6 collections), Taiwan (3), Thailand (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (3)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (3)

• Miocene of India (1), Indonesia (10), Japan (1)

Total: 28 collections including 32 occurrences

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