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Paphies
Taxonomy
Paphies was named by Lesson (1831) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 899]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Mesodesmatinae by Vokes (1980); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mesodesmatidae by Lamprell and Whitehead (1992) and Beu (2006).
It was assigned to Mesodesmatinae by Vokes (1980); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mesodesmatidae by Lamprell and Whitehead (1992) and Beu (2006).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1831 | Paphies Lesson p. 424 |
| 1843 | Machaena Gray p. 252 |
| 1853 | Taria Gray p. 44 |
| 1980 | Paphies Vokes p. 140 |
| 1992 | Paphies Lamprell and Whitehead p. 86 |
| 2002 | Paphies Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Taria Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Paphies Beu p. 257 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Paphies Lesson 1831
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Invalid names: Machaena Gray 1843 [synonym], Taria Gray 1853 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene | New Zealand (Auckland) | Amphidesma australe (45256 45259) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | New Zealand (Wellington) | P. subtriangulata, P. australis (94818) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | P. cuneata (96708) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | P. cuneata (63359) |