Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combinations: Paphia (Paratapes) textile, Venus textile

Belongs to Paphia according to G. Rosenberg et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Paphia (Callistotapes), Paphia (Paphia), Paphia (Paratapes), Paphia (Protapes), Paphia crassiscula, Paphia parisiensis, Paphia persica

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder