WoRMS taxon details
Paphies ventricosa (Gray, 1843)
397165 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:397165)
accepted
Species
Mesodesma ventricosa Gray, 1843 · unaccepted
Paphies (Taria) ventricosa (Gray, 1843) · alternative representation
marine
recent + fossil
(of Mesodesma ventricosa 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
page(s): 252 [details]
page(s): 252 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Paphies ventricosa (Gray, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397165 on 2025-03-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mesodesma ventricosa 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
page(s): 252 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 252 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Heasman, K. H., Keeley, N. & Sinner, J. (2012). Factors affecting populations of toheroa (Paphies ventricosa): a literature review. <em>Manaaki Taha Moana Research Report 10 (Cawthron Report 1997). ix + 34 pp.</em> [details]
additional source Kondo, Y.; Stace, G. (1995). Burrowing Ability and Life Position of Toheroa (Paphies ventricosa: Mesodesmatidae), an Unusually Large, Deep-Burrowing Ocean Beach Bivalve Endemic to New Zealand. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 54(1): 67 -76. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Heasman, K. H., Keeley, N. & Sinner, J. (2012). Factors affecting populations of toheroa (Paphies ventricosa): a literature review. <em>Manaaki Taha Moana Research Report 10 (Cawthron Report 1997). ix + 34 pp.</em> [details]
additional source Kondo, Y.; Stace, G. (1995). Burrowing Ability and Life Position of Toheroa (Paphies ventricosa: Mesodesmatidae), an Unusually Large, Deep-Burrowing Ocean Beach Bivalve Endemic to New Zealand. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 54(1): 67 -76. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
