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{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}
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|image =  Paphies donacina (Spengler, 1793) (AM MA70030-1).jpg
|image_caption = ''Paphies donacina'' (Spengler, 1793)
| taxon = Paphies
| authority = Lesson, 1830
| display_parents = 3
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = See text.
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'''''Paphies''''' is a genus of large, edible, saltwater clams, [[Marine (ocean)|marine]] [[bivalve]] [[mollusc]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Mesodesmatidae]]. The genus is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[New Zealand]]. The species in this genus include the pipi (''[[Paphies australis|P. australis]]''), [[tuatua]] (''P. subtriangulata'') and toheroa (''[[Paphies ventricosa|P. ventricosa]]'').

==Species==
[[File:Cloudy Bay Clams, Grapefruit and Bacon.jpg|thumb|left|''Paphies donacina'' dish]]
* ''[[Paphies australis]]'' <small>([[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|Gmelin]], 1790)</small>
*''[[Paphies subtriangulata]]'' <small>([[William Wood (zoologist)|Wood]], 1828)</small>
**''Paphies subtriangulata porrecta'' <small>([[John Marwick|Marwick]], 1928)</small>
**''Paphies subtriangulata quoyii'' <small>([[Gérard Paul Deshayes|Deshayes]], 1832)</small>
**''Paphies subtriangulata subtriangulata'' <small>(Wood, 1828)</small>
* ''[[Paphies ventricosa]]'' <small>(Gray, 1843)</small>
*  ''[[Paphies donacina]]'' <small> (Spengler, 1793)</small>

==References==
* [http://www.mollusca.co.nz/checklist.php Checklist of New Zealand Mollusca]
* [[Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell A W B]], ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}

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[[Category:Bivalves of New Zealand]]
[[Category:Mesodesmatidae]]
[[Category:Bivalve genera]]