Category
page 1Bivalves of New Zealand
Perna canalicula
species of mollusc
Hiatella arctica
species of mollusc
Tuatua
Paphies subtriangulata is a species of edible bivalve clam known as tuatua in the Māori language, a member of the family Mesodesmatidae and endemic to New Zealand. It is found on all three of the main New Zealand islands, buried in fine clean sand on ocean beaches.
Paphies ventricosa
species of mollusc
Mesopeplum convexum
species of scallop
Offadesma angasi
species of mollusc
Bassina yatei
species of mollusc
Venerupis largillierti
species of Bivalvia
Pratulum pulchellum
species of mollusc
Austrovenus stutchburyi
species of mollusc
Tucetona laticostata
species of mollusc
Solemya velum
species of mollusc
Paphies australis
species of mollusc
Arthritica crassiformis
species of mollusc
Soletellina nitida
species of mollusc
Saccostrea glomerata
species of mollusc
Pecten novaezelandiae
species of mollusc
Macomona liliana
species of mollusc
Myadora novaezelandiae
species of mollusc
Dredge oyster
species of mollusc
Solemya borealis
species of mollusc
Talochlamys zelandiae
species of mollusc
Myochama tasmanica
species of mollusc
Myadora striata
species of saltwater clam
Zenatia acinaces
species of mollusc
Purpurocardia purpurata
species of mollusc
Acrosterigma sorenseni
species of mollusc
Solemya occidentalis
species of mollusc
Divarilima sydneyensis
species of mollusc
Cyclomactra ovata
species of mollusc
Paphies
Paphies is a genus of large, edible, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mesodesmatidae. The genus is endemic to New Zealand. The species in this genus include the pipi (P. australis), tuatua (P. subtriangulata) and toheroa (P. ventricosa).
Tawera spissa
species of mollusc
Limatula maoria
species of mollusc
Dosinia subrosea
species of mollusc
Barnea similis
species of mollusc
Escalima regularis
species of mollusc
Panopea zelandica
species of mollusc
Myadora subrostrata
species of mollusc
New Zealand freshwater mussel
species of mollusc
Dosinia maoriana
species of mollusc
Myadora antipodum
species of mollusc
Dimya maoria
species of clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Dimyidae
Gari convexa
species of mollusc
Lithophaga truncata
species of mollusc
Monia zelandica
species of mollusc
Pratulum
Pratulum is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae.
Limaria orientalis
species of mollusc
Notocallista multistriata
species of mollusc
Echyridella
Echyridella is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. There are three recognised species in the genus, which all live in the waters of New Zealand. They are collectively known in Māori as kākahi.
Myadora boltoni
species of mollusc