Agathis, commonly known as kauri or dammara, is a genus of 22 species of evergreen tree. The genus is part of the ancient conifer family Araucariaceae, a group once widespread during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, but now largely restricted to the Southern Hemisphere except for a number of extant Malesian Agathis.
Pipi or Pipis may refer to:
Paphies subtriangulata is a species of edible bivalve clam known as tuatua in the Māori language, a member of the family Mesodesmatidae and endemic to New Zealand. It is found on all three of the main New Zealand islands, buried in fine clean sand on ocean beaches.
Paphies australis or pipi is a bivalve mollusc of the family Mesodesmatidae, endemic to New Zealand.
Paphies ventricosa, or toheroa, is a large bivalve mollusc of the family Mesodesmatidae, endemic to New Zealand.
Cabestana is a genus of medium to large sea snails known as predatory whelks, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.
Assiminea is a genus of minute, salt-tolerant snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks, in the family Assimineidae.
Hipponix, common name hoof snails or hoof shells, is a genus of small sea snails with limpet-like shells, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails. Many of the species in this genus have white shells.
Henry Suter was a Swiss-born New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist.
Mesodesmatidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Venerida.
Turritriton is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cymatiidae. This is often still regarded merely as a subgenus of the genus Cymatium.
Chlamys is a genus of small scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae. The name is taken from the Ancient Greek, χλαμΰς or Chlamys, a cloak worn by soldiers.
Microvoluta is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae.
Cantharidus, common name the kelp shells, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Trochidae, the top shells.
Cirsonella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.
Austrovenus is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Veneridae. This genus is native to New Zealand.
Phasianella, common name the pheasant shells, is a genus of small sea snails with a calcareous operculum and a colorfully patterned shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae.
Volvatella is a genus of sea snails, bubble snails, a marine gastropod sacoglossan mollusk in the family Volvatellidae.
