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Taxonomy
Family:
MESODESMATIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Mactroidea (Superfamily)
> Mesodesmatidae (Family)
> Paphies (Genus)
> donacina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amesodesma Iredale, 1930
=Amphidesma (Paphies) Lesson, 1831
=Amphidesma (Taria) A. Adams, 1853
=Machaena Gray, 1843
=Paphies (Paphies) Lesson, 1831
=Paphies (Taria) Gray, 1853
=Taria Gray, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Amphidesma forsteriana Finlay, 1926
=Amphidesma subtriangulata pliocenica W.R.B. Oliver, 1923
=Mesodesma lata Deshayes, 1843
=Mesodesma quoyii Deshayes, 1832
=Mya donacina Spengler, 1793
=Paphies (Taria) donacina (Spengler, 1793)
=Taria stokesii Gray, 1853
Images: Paphies donacina (Spengler, 1793)
Southern Tuatua, from Otago. 79mm
Southern Tuatua, from Otago. 79mm
Holotype of Amphidesma forsteriana Finlay, collected 1936, Warrington, NE of Dunedin, Otago, NZ (MA70030). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Amphidesma forsteriana Finlay, collected 1936, Warrington, NE of Dunedin, Otago, NZ (MA70030). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Amphidesma forsteriana Finlay, collected 1936, Warrington, NE of Dunedin, Otago, NZ (MA70030). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Amphidesma forsteriana Finlay, collected 1936, Warrington, NE of Dunedin, Otago, NZ (MA70030). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
MESODESMATIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Mactroidea (Superfamily)
> Mesodesmatidae (Family)
> Paphies (Genus)
> donacina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amesodesma Iredale, 1930
=Amphidesma (Paphies) Lesson, 1831
=Amphidesma (Taria) A. Adams, 1853
=Machaena Gray, 1843
=Paphies (Paphies) Lesson, 1831
=Paphies (Taria) Gray, 1853
=Taria Gray, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Amphidesma forsteriana Finlay, 1926
=Amphidesma subtriangulata pliocenica W.R.B. Oliver, 1923
=Mesodesma lata Deshayes, 1843
=Mesodesma quoyii Deshayes, 1832
=Mya donacina Spengler, 1793
=Paphies (Taria) donacina (Spengler, 1793)
=Taria stokesii Gray, 1853
Details: Paphies donacina (Spengler, 1793)
Size/Grows to:
Length 127mm, Height 98mm
Distribution:
Lower North Island, South and Stewart Islands. More common in south
Geographical Range:
CFE.
Notes:
Southern Tuatua, Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Stace, G. Oct/1996 An overview of the Genus Paphies in New Zealand Fossil Records, Poirieria, 19 (p.13)
  • Jamieson, P.R. May/1987 Even well known species need name changes, Poirieria, 15(3) (p.10)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.416)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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