| Paphies ventricosa | |
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| Toheroa (Paphies ventricosa) at Oreti Beach, Southland, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Mesodesmatidae |
| Genus: | Paphies |
| Species: | P. ventricosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Paphies ventricosa | |
Paphies ventricosa, or toheroa (a Māori word meaning "long tongue"),[1] is a large bivalve mollusc of the family Mesodesmatidae, endemic to New Zealand.
- ^ Edward Samuel. "The Toheroa — New Zealand's Exclusive Shell-fish". The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 4 (July 1, 1936).