Paphies facts for kids
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| Paphies donacina (Spengler, 1793) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Mactroidea |
| Family: | Mesodesmatidae |
| Genus: | Paphies Lesson, 1830 |
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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
- 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)
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