WoRMS taxon details
Tapetinae J. E. Gray, 1851
152835 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152835)
accepted
Subfamily
Paphiinae Finlay, 1928 · unaccepted (invalid)
- Genus Cryptonema Jukes-Browne, 1914
- Genus Eumarcia Iredale, 1924
- Genus Irus F. C. Schmidt, 1818
- Genus Irusella Hertlein & U. S. Grant, 1972
- Genus Katelysia Römer, 1857
- Genus Liocyma Dall, 1870
- Genus Macridiscus Dall, 1902
- Genus Marcia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857
- Genus Paphia Röding, 1798
- Genus Paratapes Stoliczka, 1870
- Genus Polititapes Chiamenti, 1900
- Genus Protapes Dall, 1902
- Genus Ruditapes Chiamenti, 1900
- Genus Tapes Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
- Genus Venerupis Lamarck, 1818
- Genus Notirus Finlay, 1928 accepted as Irus (Notirus) Finlay, 1928 represented as Irus F. C. Schmidt, 1818 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Notopaphia W. R. B. Oliver, 1923 accepted as Irus (Notopaphia) W. R. B. Oliver, 1923 represented as Irus F. C. Schmidt, 1818 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J. E. (1851). <i>List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VII, Molluscas Acephala and Brachiopoda</i>. London, Taylor, 167 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50474169
page(s): 9 [details]
page(s): 9 [details]
Fossil range Lower Cretaceous - Recent
Fossil range Lower Cretaceous - Recent [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tapetinae J. E. Gray, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152835 on 2026-08-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1851). <i>List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VII, Molluscas Acephala and Brachiopoda</i>. London, Taylor, 167 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50474169
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Paphiinae Finlay, 1928) Finlay, H. J. (1928). The Recent Mollusca of the Chatham Islands. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 59: 232-286.
page(s): 278 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Paphiinae Finlay, 1928) Finlay, H. J. (1928). The Recent Mollusca of the Chatham Islands. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 59: 232-286.
page(s): 278 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source
Nevesskaja, L. A.; Popov, S. V.; Goncharova, I. A.; Guzhov, A. V.; Yanin, B. T.; Polubotko, I. V.; Biakov, A. S.; Gavrilova, V. A. (2013). Phanerozoic Bivalvia of Russia and surrounding countries [Двустворчатые моллюски России и сопредельных стран в фанерозое]. <em>Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Rossiyskoy Akademii Nauk / Transactions of the Paleontological Institute.</em> 294: 1-524.
page(s): 397 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 397 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
additional source Goncharova, I. A. (1986). Система и история тапетин (Bivalvia: Veneridae, Tapetinae) неогеновых морей Западной Евразии [The classification and history of the tapetines (Bivalvia: Veneridae, Tapetinae) in the Neogene seas of Western Eurasia]. In: Палеоген-неогеновые двустворчатые моллюски Дальнего Востока и Восточного Паратетиса: Сборник научных трудов [Paleogene-Neogene bivalves of the Far East and Eastern Paratethys: A collection of scientific papers]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Dal'nevostochnyy Nauchnyy Tsentr, Institut Biologii Morya, Vladivostok: 75-100. [details]
additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
additional source Goncharova, I. A. (1986). Система и история тапетин (Bivalvia: Veneridae, Tapetinae) неогеновых морей Западной Евразии [The classification and history of the tapetines (Bivalvia: Veneridae, Tapetinae) in the Neogene seas of Western Eurasia]. In: Палеоген-неогеновые двустворчатые моллюски Дальнего Востока и Восточного Паратетиса: Сборник научных трудов [Paleogene-Neogene bivalves of the Far East and Eastern Paratethys: A collection of scientific papers]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Dal'nevostochnyy Nauchnyy Tsentr, Institut Biologii Morya, Vladivostok: 75-100. [details]
additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Classification All genera in the family listed directly under the family name, except for subfamilies Petricolinae and Turtoniinae which were traditionally ranked as families. Other subfamilies listed as "alternate representation" until a comprehensive phylogenetic hypothesis is available. [details]Fossil range Lower Cretaceous - Recent [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Dutch | tapijtschelpen | [details] |
