Paphies

Taxobox
name = "Paphies"
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Veneroida
superfamilia = Mactroidea
familia = Mesodesmatidae
genus = "Paphies"
genus_authority = Lesson, 1830
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"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.

pecies

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

References

* [http://www.mollusca.co.nz/checklist/checklist_frameset.htm 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