Paphia (Callistotapes) Sacco 1900 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative spellings: Callistotapes, Pitar (Callistotapes), Tapes (Callistotapes)

Parent taxon: Paphia according to O. Mandic et al. 2002

See also Freneix et al. 1988, Marasti 1973, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Sepkoski 2002 and Vredenburg 1928

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

Subtaxa: Tapes (Callistotapes) pseudoliratus Tapes (Callistotapes) virgatus

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections)

• Pliocene of Egypt (1), Pakistan (1)

• Miocene of Austria (4), France (1), Germany (1), India (2), Indonesia (1), Israel (1), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (6), Slovakia (1)

Total: 23 collections including 26 occurrences

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