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Genus of bivalves

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)

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

v t e Commercial mollusks
Marine gastropods	Abalone Periwinkle Whelk Buccinum undatum Bullacta exarata Kelletia kelletii Kelletia lischkei
Land and freshwater gastropods	Helix pomatia Cornu aspersum Helix aperta Cepaea nemoralis Otala lactea Escargot
Free-swimming marine bivalves	Scallop Queen scallop Pecten maximus Pecten jacobaeus Argopecten irradians Placopecten magellanicus
Infaunal bivalves	Clam Atlantic surf clam Soft-shell clam Mercenaria mercenaria Austrovenus stutchburyi Saxidomus nuttalli Arctica islandica Cockle Geoduck Spisula solidissima Paphies ventricosa Paphies australis Tuatua Ruditapes largillierti Grooved carpet shell
Sessile bivalves	Oyster Mussel Pearl oyster Pinctada maxima
Freshwater bivalves	Freshwater pearl mussel
Cephalopods	Octopus Squid Cuttlefish
Techniques	Heliciculture Gathering by hand Clam digging Dredging Oyster farming Oyster boats Pearl farming Pearl diving Ama divers Trawling
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Edible mollusks

Clams	Atlantic jackknife Atlantic surf Geoduck Grooved carpet shell Hard clam Horse Mactra stultorum Blunt gaper Ocean quahog Pacific razor Venus California butterclam Senilia senilis Smooth clam Soft-shell Triangle shell Tuatua Japanese littleneck Razor clam Pod razor Ensis (razor genus) Paphies
Cockles	Common Blood Goolwa New Zealand Sydney Giant Atlantic
Mussels	Blue Mediterranean New Zealand green-lipped California Brown Asian/Philippine green Date Mytilidae (mussel family)
Oysters	Eastern Olympia Southern mud Colchester native Pacific Portuguese Windowpane Rock Sydney rock Ostra chilena/Bluff Gillardeau oysters Crassostrea ("true oyster" genus)
Scallops	Atlantic bay Great/king New Zealand Pecten jacobaeus Peruvian calico Yesso Placopecten magellanicus

Sea	Mud-flat Korean mud Chorus giganteus Bailer
Land	Cornu aspersum Helix lucorum Helix pomatia
Freshwater	Apple Nerites

Cuttlefish	Spineless Bottletail
Octopus	Common Atlantic white-spotted Big blue Pacific giant Southern red Mimic Amphioctopus fangsiao
Squid	New Zealand arrow Japanese flying Humboldt Neon flying