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Paphies R. P. Lesson, 1831
206582 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206582)
accepted
Genus
Paphies roissyana R. P. Lesson, 1831 accepted as Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791) (type by original designation)
Amesodesma Iredale, 1930 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Amphidesma (Paphies) R. P. Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted
Amphidesma (Taria) A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted
Machaena J. E. Gray, 1843 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paphies (Amesodesma) Iredale, 1930 · alternative representation
Paphies (Paphies) R. P. Lesson, 1831 · alternative representation
Paphies (Taria) J. E. Gray, 1853 · alternative representation
Taria J. E. Gray, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Paphies altenai (de Rooij-Schuiling, 1972)
- Species Paphies angula (Reeve, 1854)
- Species Paphies anteaustralis (Dell, 1950) †
- Species Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Paphies crassiformis (P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1920) †
- Species Paphies delagoae (Barnard, 1964)
- Species Paphies delta Beu, 2006 †
- Species Paphies donacina (Spengler, 1793)
- Species Paphies elongata (Reeve, 1854)
- Species Paphies otaiana Eagle, 2000 †
- Species Paphies porrecta (Marwick, 1928) †
- Species Paphies subtriangulata (W. Wood, 1828)
- Species Paphies ventricosa (Gray, 1843)
- Subgenus Paphies (Crassatella) Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Crassatella Lamarck, 1799
- Species Paphies (Crassatella) roissyana R. P. Lesson, 1831 accepted as Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paphies angusta (Reeve, 1854) accepted as Paphies elongata (Reeve, 1854)
- Species Paphies roissyana R. P. Lesson, 1831 accepted as Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paphies striata (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Atactodea striata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subgenus Paphies (Amesodesma) Iredale, 1930 represented as Paphies R. P. Lesson, 1831
- Species Paphies (Amesodesma) altenai (de Rooij-Schuiling, 1972) represented as Paphies altenai (de Rooij-Schuiling, 1972)
- Species Paphies (Amesodesma) angula (Reeve, 1854) represented as Paphies angula (Reeve, 1854)
- Species Paphies (Amesodesma) delagoae (Barnard, 1964) represented as Paphies delagoae (Barnard, 1964)
- Species Paphies (Amesodesma) elongata (Reeve, 1854) represented as Paphies elongata (Reeve, 1854)
- Subgenus Paphies (Paphies) R. P. Lesson, 1831 represented as Paphies R. P. Lesson, 1831
- Species Paphies (Paphies) donacina (Spengler, 1793) accepted as Paphies (Taria) donacina (Spengler, 1793) represented as Paphies donacina (Spengler, 1793) (superseded combination)
- Species Paphies (Paphies) subtriangulata W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Paphies (Taria) subtriangulata (W. Wood, 1828) represented as Paphies subtriangulata (W. Wood, 1828) (superseded combination)
- Species Paphies (Paphies) australis (Gmelin, 1791) represented as Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subgenus Paphies (Taria) J. E. Gray, 1853 represented as Paphies R. P. Lesson, 1831
- Species Paphies (Taria) crassiformis (P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1920) † represented as Paphies crassiformis (P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1920) †
- Species Paphies (Taria) delta Beu, 2006 † represented as Paphies delta Beu, 2006 †
- Species Paphies (Taria) donacina (Spengler, 1793) represented as Paphies donacina (Spengler, 1793)
- Species Paphies (Taria) otaiana Eagle, 2000 † represented as Paphies otaiana Eagle, 2000 †
- Species Paphies (Taria) porrecta (Marwick, 1928) † represented as Paphies porrecta (Marwick, 1928) †
- Species Paphies (Taria) subtriangulata (W. Wood, 1828) represented as Paphies subtriangulata (W. Wood, 1828)
- Species Paphies (Taria) ventricosa (Gray, 1843) represented as Paphies ventricosa (Gray, 1843)
marine, brackish
Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 424 [details]
page(s): 424 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Paphies Lesson, 1831. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206582 on 2025-07-09
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original description
Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 424 [details]
original description (of Amesodesma Iredale, 1930) Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17186/773_complete.pdf
page(s): 402, 407 [details]
original description (of Taria J. E. Gray, 1853) Gray, J. E. (1853). A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 11: 33-44, 398-402., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785724 [details]
original description (of Machaena J. E. Gray, 1843) Gray, J. E. (1843). Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species. In: Dieffenbach, E. <i>Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country</i>, vol. 2: 228-265. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20759972 [details]
basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Beu A.G. & de Rooij-Schuiling L.A. 1982. Subgeneric classification of New Zealand and Australian species of <i>Paphies</i> Lesson (Bivalvia: Mesodesmatidae) and the names for two species of tuatua in New Zealand. <i>New Zealand Journal of Zoology</i> 9: 211-230., available online at http://books.google.fr/books?id=z-RENwOlb_4C&pg=PA211 [details]
page(s): 424 [details]
original description (of Amesodesma Iredale, 1930) Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17186/773_complete.pdf
page(s): 402, 407 [details]
original description (of Taria J. E. Gray, 1853) Gray, J. E. (1853). A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 11: 33-44, 398-402., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785724 [details]
original description (of Machaena J. E. Gray, 1843) Gray, J. E. (1843). Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species. In: Dieffenbach, E. <i>Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country</i>, vol. 2: 228-265. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20759972 [details]
basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Beu A.G. & de Rooij-Schuiling L.A. 1982. Subgeneric classification of New Zealand and Australian species of <i>Paphies</i> Lesson (Bivalvia: Mesodesmatidae) and the names for two species of tuatua in New Zealand. <i>New Zealand Journal of Zoology</i> 9: 211-230., available online at http://books.google.fr/books?id=z-RENwOlb_4C&pg=PA211 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
