🦋 Family

Mesodesmatidae

4 species · Animals

Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Venerida › Mesodesmatidae

Paphies australis, or pipi, is an edible endemic New Zealand bivalve mollusc found in sandy coastal habitats.

Paphies subtriangulata, or tuatua, is an edible endemic New Zealand bivalve clam that is legally protected for harvest.

Paphies ventricosa, commonly called toheroa, is a large New Zealand shellfish, currently protected from most harvesting after overexploitation.

Atactodea striata is a small common surf clam with a wide Indo-Pacific distribution, with a long history of human use as food.

Related Families

Veneridae 44 species Mactridae 14 species Chamidae 5 species Cyrenidae 5 species Anatinellidae 1 species Arcticidae 1 species

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