Paphies

Paphies is a genus of large, edible, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mesodesmatidae. This genus is endemic to New Zealand. The species within this genus include the pipi, tuatua and toheroa.

Species

• Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1790)
• Paphies subtriangulata porrecta (Marwick, 1928)
• Paphies subtriangulata quoyii (Deshayes, 1832)
• Paphies subtriangulata subtriangulata (Wood, 1828)
• Paphies ventricosa (Gray, 1843)

References

• Checklist of New Zealand Mollusca
• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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