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Records 1 - 4 of 4, for search 'paphies'
  • MESODESMATIDAE
    Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791)
    =atlantica Spengler, =aucklandicum E von Martens, =chemnitzii Deshayes, =novaezeelandiae d'Orbigny, =ovalis Reeve, =ovata Gray, =ovata W. Wood, =roissyana Lesson
    Length 95mm, Height 59mm
    North, South, Stewart Chatham and Auckland Islands. Buried in silty sand in sheltered areas ACFMAnE.
  • MESODESMATIDAE
    Paphies donacina (Spengler, 1793)
    =forsteriana Finlay, =lata Deshayes, =pliocenica W.R.B. Oliver, =quoyii Deshayes, =stokesii Gray
    Length 127mm, Height 98mm
    Lower North Island, South and Stewart Islands. More common in south CFE.
  • MESODESMATIDAE
    Paphies subtriangulata (Gray in Wood, 1828)
    =cookianum Dawson, =porrecta Marwick, =porrectum Marwick, =reentsii Römer, =spissa Reeve, =subangulata Gray
    Length 98mm, Height 69mm
    North, upper South Island and Chatham Islands ACFME.
  • MESODESMATIDAE
    Paphies ventricosa (Gray, 1843)
    Length 149mm, Height 91mm. with records over 165mm
    North and South Islands ACFE.
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil