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).
Species
Pipi
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderVenerida
- FamilyMesodesmatidae
Observations742
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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).
==Species== thumb|left|Paphies donacina dish Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1790) Paphies subtriangulata (Wood, 1828) Paphies subtriangulata porrecta (Marwick, 1928) Paphies subtriangulata quoyii (Deshayes, 1832) Paphies subtriangulata subtriangulata (Wood, 1828) Paphies ventricosa (Gray, 1843) Paphies donacina (Spengler, 1793)