Paphia (bivalve)

Paphia is a genus of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the subfamily Tapetinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous to the Quaternary (age range: from 112.6 to 0.0 million years ago).

Species
Species within this genus include:
 * Paphia amabilis (Philippi, 1847)
 * Paphia crassisulca (Lamarck, 1818)
 * Paphia declivis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1852)
 * Paphia euglypta (Philippi, 1847)
 * †Paphia finlayi Marwick, 1927
 * Paphia inflata (Deshayes, 1854)
 * †Paphia japonica (Ando, 1953)
 * Paphia kreipli M. Huber, 2010
 * Paphia lirata (Philippi, 1848)
 * Paphia lutaenkoi Thach, 2018
 * Paphia philippiana M. Huber, 2010
 * Paphia polita (G. B. Sowerby II, 1852)
 * Paphia rotundata (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Paphia schnelliana (Dunker, 1865)
 * Paphia semirugata (Philippi, 1847)
 * Paphia sulcosa (Philippi, 1847)
 * Paphia vernicosa (Gould, 1861)
 * †Paphia vetula (Basterot, 1825)

Formerly included

 * Paphia textile (Gmelin, 1791) has been designated a synonym of Paratapes textilis (Gmelin, 1791).
 * Paphia undulata (Born, 1778) has been designated a synonym of Paratapes undulatus (Born, 1778).