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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)
> australis (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:
=Donacilla novaezeelandiae d'Orbigny, 1845
=Erycina ovata Gray, 1825
=Machaena ovata Gray, 1843
=Mactra ovata W. Wood, 1828
=Mesodesma aucklandicum E von Martens, 1879
=Mesodesma chemnitzii Deshayes, 1832
=Mesodesma ovalis Reeve, 1854
=Mya atlantica Spengler, 1793
=Mya australis Gmelin, 1791
=Paphies (Crassatella) roissyana Lesson, 1831
=Paphies roissyana Lesson, 1831
Images: Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791)
Omana, Auckland, NZ
Ngunguru Estuary, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 50mm
Ngunguru Estuary, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 50mm
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)
> australis (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:
=Donacilla novaezeelandiae d'Orbigny, 1845
=Erycina ovata Gray, 1825
=Machaena ovata Gray, 1843
=Mactra ovata W. Wood, 1828
=Mesodesma aucklandicum E von Martens, 1879
=Mesodesma chemnitzii Deshayes, 1832
=Mesodesma ovalis Reeve, 1854
=Mya atlantica Spengler, 1793
=Mya australis Gmelin, 1791
=Paphies (Crassatella) roissyana Lesson, 1831
=Paphies roissyana Lesson, 1831
Details: Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791)
Size/Grows to:
Length 95mm, Height 59mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands. Intertidal and immediate sublittoral, buried in silty sand in sheltered areas
Geographical Range:
ACFMAn
Notes:
Pipi, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Stace, G. Oct/1996 An overview of the Genus Paphies in New Zealand Fossil Records, Poirieria, 19 (p.7)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.415)

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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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