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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PHILINIDAE: PHILININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Philinoidea (Superfamily)
> Philinidae (Family)
> Philininae (Subfamily)
> Philine (Genus)
> auriformis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bullaea Lamarck, 1801
=Choshiphiline Habe, 1958
=Johania Monterosato, 1884
=Lobaria O.F. Müller, 1776
=Philingwynia F. Nordsieck, 1972
=Woodbridgea S.S. Berry, 1953
Synonymised Names:
=Philine constricta auriformis Suter, 1909
Images: Philine auriformis Suter, 1909
Shell in beach drift, Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. 8-10mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PHILINIDAE: PHILININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Philinoidea (Superfamily)
> Philinidae (Family)
> Philininae (Subfamily)
> Philine (Genus)
> auriformis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bullaea Lamarck, 1801
=Choshiphiline Habe, 1958
=Johania Monterosato, 1884
=Lobaria O.F. Müller, 1776
=Philingwynia F. Nordsieck, 1972
=Woodbridgea S.S. Berry, 1953
Synonymised Names:
=Philine constricta auriformis Suter, 1909
Details: Philine auriformis Suter, 1909
Size/Grows to:
Height 16mm, Width 12mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island. Introduced and now established in California
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Marine, Sculptured with beaded spirals
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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