Paphies
Paphies donacina (Spengler, 1793)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Mactroidea
Family:	Mesodesmatidae
Genus:	Paphies Lesson, 1830
Species
See text.

Paphies is a genus of large, edible, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mesodesmatidae. The genus is endemic to New Zealand. The species in this genus include the pipi ( P. australis), tuatua (P. subtriangulata) and toheroa ( P. ventricosa).

Species

• Paphies australis ( Gmelin, 1790)
• Paphies subtriangulata ( Wood, 1828)
  • Paphies subtriangulata porrecta ( Marwick, 1928)
  • Paphies subtriangulata quoyii ( Deshayes, 1832)
  • Paphies subtriangulata subtriangulata (Wood, 1828)
• Paphies ventricosa (Gray, 1843)
• Paphies donacina (Spengler, 1793)

References

• Checklist of New Zealand Mollusca
• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN  0-00-216906-1