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Lirophora (Lirophora) paphia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus paphia was named by Linnaeus (1767) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Chione (Lirophora) paphia by Woodring et al. (1924); it was recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) paphia by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1767Venus paphia Linnaeus
1924Chione (Lirophora) paphia Woodring and et al.
2008Lirophora (Lirophora) paphia Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusLirophoraConrad 1863
subgenusLirophoraConrad 1863
speciespaphia(Linnaeus 1767)

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.

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Diagnosis
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