Plebidonax deltoides or Donax deltoides is a small, edible saltwater clam or marine bivalve mollusc, endemic to Australia. It belongs to the family of either the Donacidae, or the related Psammobiidae. It is most widely known as the pipi (also spelled pippi, plural pipis or pippies) in the eastern states of its native Australia.

Paphies australis or pipi (from the Māori language) is a bivalve mollusc of the family Mesodesmatidae, endemic to New Zealand. [1] The pipi is a shellfish with a solid white, elongated symmetrical shell with the apex at the middle. It is covered by a thin yellow periostracum.

Paphies australis or pipi (from the Māori language) is a bivalve mollusc of the family Mesodesmatidae, endemic to New Zealand. The pipi is a shellfish with a solid white, elongated symmetrical shell with the apex at the middle.

Mar 27, 2023 · Plebidonax deltoides, colloquially known as pipi, is a small bivalve mollusk belonging to the family Donacidae. Native to the sandy coastlines of Australia and New Zealand, pipis play a crucial role in the marine ecosystem.

Pipi (Donax deltoides) belongs to a related family (the Donacidae, or Pipi, family), and is also known as Coorong Cockle, Rugarie, Goolwa Cockle and Ugari. It’s found all around the Australian coast but is mainly hand-harvested from the intertidal zone of sandy surf beaches south from the NSW-Queensland border to the beginning of the Great ...

They are found all around the Australian coast and are hand-harvested from the intertidal zone of sandy beaches with good surf (from about 10cm below the surface), mainly south from the NSW/Queensland border to the beginning of the Great Australian Bight in SA. Beach Pipi, Clam, Coorong Cockle, Eugarie, Goolwa Cockle, Pippie, Ugari.

This is one of the most common molluscs encountered on Sydney's ocean beaches. The Pipi lives only a few centimetres beneath the surface and uses its muscular foot to burrow into the sand. Identification. The Common Pipi's strong, smooth …

The pipi is a shellfish with a solid white, elongated symmetrical shell with the apex at the middle. It is covered by a thin yellow periostracum (skin). It is a white shell inside and out. The pipi is abundant at or below mid tide on flat sandy beaches, in sandy and silty mud in estuaries, and harbours where there is considerable water flow.

Maori Name: Pipi. Latin Name: Paphies australis. Length: 4–6cm. Family: Pipi belong to the Mesodesmatidae family (clams).

Pipi are tolerant of moderate wave action, and commonly inhabit coarse shell sand substrata in bays and at the mouths of estuaries where silt has been removed by waves and currents (Morton & Miller 1968).