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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 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. © rights reserved
Ngunguru Estuary, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 50mm. © rights reserved
Ngunguru Estuary, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 50mm. © rights reserved
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 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, from 0-91m
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)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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