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Species List for Family: Mesodesmatidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Autobranchia (Subclass) > Heteroconchia (Infraclass) > Euhetrodonta (Subterclass) > Imparidentia (Superorder) > Venerida (Order) > Mactroidea (Superfamily) > Mesodesmatidae (Family)

  • Family: Mesodesmatidae

  • 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, from 0-91m
  • 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, from 0-148m
  • 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, from 0-66m
  • 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, from 0-37m
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