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Textile venus

Paratapes textile (Gmelin, 1791)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The textile venus (Paratapes textile) is a species in the family Veneridae, order Venerida.

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Quick facts about the textile venus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the textile venus live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the textile venus as introduced in 5 countries.

  1. Cyprus
  2. Egypt
  3. Italy
  4. Syria
  5. Türkiye

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the textile venus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the textile venus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderVenerida
  5. familyVeneridae
  6. genusParatapes
  7. SpeciesParatapes textile (Gmelin, 1791)

Synonyms Paphia textile, Paphia textrix, Tapes sumatranus, Tapes textrix, Venus reticulina, Venus textile, Venus textilis, Venus textrix, Venus undulata

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Текстильный венусRussian
  • หอยลายThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the textile venus

Other species in the same genus Paratapes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the textile venus an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the textile venus as introduced in 5 countries: Cyprus, Egypt, Italy, Syria and Türkiye, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the textile venus?

The textile venus (Paratapes textile) belongs to the family Veneridae in the order Venerida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Textile venus (Paratapes textile). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/textile-venus

MLA

“Textile venus (Paratapes textile).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/textile-venus.

BibTeX
@misc{textile_venus_2026,
  title = {Textile venus (Paratapes textile)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/textile-venus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}