Species List for Family: Mesodesmatidae
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- Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791)
Length 95mm, Height 59mm
Pipi, Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South, Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands. Intertidal and immediate sublittoral, buried in silty sand in sheltered areas
ACFMAn
- Paphies donacina (Spengler, 1793)
Length 127mm, Height 98mm
Southern Tuatua, Marine, Native - Endemic
Lower North Island, South and Stewart Islands. More common in south. Shallow sublittoral to a few metres
CF
- Paphies subtriangulata (W. Wood, 1828)
Length 98mm, Height 69mm
Tuatua, Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South, Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands. Low tide level to a few metres
ACFMAn
- Paphies ventricosa (Gray, 1843)
Length 149mm, Height 91mm. with records over 165mm
Toheroa, Marine, Native - Endemic
Northern and south-western North Island, and north-western and southern South Island. Intertidal
ACF
Key to 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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