ammonites
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

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

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

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder