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 include the pipi (P. australis), tuatua (P. subtriangulata) and toheroa (P. ventricosa).
Species
Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1790) Paphies donacina (Spengler, 1793) Paphies subtriangulata (Wood, 1828) Paphies subtriangulata porrecta (Marwick, 1928) Paphies subtriangulata quoyii (Deshayes, 1832) Paphies subtriangulata subtriangulata (Wood, 1828) Paphies ventricosa (Gray, 1843)
References Checklist of New Zealand Mollusca Powell, A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. William Collins Publishers, Auckland, New Zealand