MESODESMATIDAE Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791) =atlantica Spengler, =aucklandicum E von Martens, =chemnitzii Deshayes, =novaezeelandiae d'Orbigny, =ovalis Reeve, =ovata Gray, =ovata W. Wood, =roissyana Lesson Length 95mm, Height 59mm North, South, Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands. Intertidal and immediate sublittoral, buried in silty sand in sheltered areas ACFMAn |
MESODESMATIDAE Paphies donacina (Spengler, 1793) =forsteriana Finlay, =lata Deshayes, =pliocenica W.R.B. Oliver, =quoyii Deshayes, =stokesii Gray Length 127mm, Height 98mm Lower North Island, South and Stewart Islands. More common in south. Shallow sublittoral to a few metres CF |
MESODESMATIDAE Paphies subtriangulata (W. Wood, 1828) =cookianum Dawson, =porrecta Marwick, =porrectum Marwick, =reentsii Römer, =spissa Reeve, =subangulata Gray Length 98mm, Height 69mm North, South, Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands. Low tide level to a few metres ACFMAn |
MESODESMATIDAE Paphies ventricosa (Gray, 1843) Length 149mm, Height 91mm. with records over 165mm Northern and south-western North Island, and north-western and southern South Island. Intertidal ACF |