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Paratapes
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Paratapes

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

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Textile Venus

speciesParatapes textile

Undulate Venus

speciesParatapes undulatus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 880824.