''Paphies'' is a genus of large, edible, saltwater clams,

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Mesodesmatidae. The genus is

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. The species in this genus include the pipi ('' P. australis''), tuatua (''P. subtriangulata'') and toheroa ('' P. ventricosa'').

Species

* '' Paphies australis'' ( Gmelin, 1790) *''

Paphies subtriangulata ''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 ...

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, 1828) **''Paphies subtriangulata porrecta'' (

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, 1928) **''Paphies subtriangulata quoyii'' ( Deshayes, 1832) **''Paphies subtriangulata subtriangulata'' (Wood, 1828) * '' Paphies ventricosa'' (Gray, 1843) * '' Paphies donacina'' (Spengler, 1793)

References

Checklist of New Zealand Mollusca
* Powell A W B, ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{Taxonbar, from=Q3012645 Bivalves of New Zealand Mesodesmatidae Bivalve genera