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Paphies
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Paphies

Paphies is a genus of large, edible, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mesodesmatidae. This genus is endemic to New Zealand. The species within this genus include the pipi, tuatua and toheroa.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pipi

speciesPaphies australis

Elongate wedge shell

speciesPaphies elongata

Tuatua

speciesPaphies subtriangulata

Southern Tuatua

speciesPaphies donacina

Toheroa

speciesPaphies ventricosa

Paphies altenai

speciesPaphies altenai

Paphies angula

speciesPaphies angula

Paphies delagoae

speciesPaphies delagoae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 368253.