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Taxonomy
Family:
AGLAJIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Philinoidea (Superfamily)
> Aglajidae (Family)
> Philinopsis (Genus)
> taronga (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acera Cuvier, 1810
=Eidothea Risso, 1826
Synonymised Names:
=Aglaja taronga Allan, 1933
=Chelidonura aureopunctata Rudman, 1968
Images: Philinopsis taronga (Allan, 1933)
In sandy pool, Matai Bay, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 40mm
Taxonomy
Family:
AGLAJIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Philinoidea (Superfamily)
> Aglajidae (Family)
> Philinopsis (Genus)
> taronga (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acera Cuvier, 1810
=Eidothea Risso, 1826
Synonymised Names:
=Aglaja taronga Allan, 1933
=Chelidonura aureopunctata Rudman, 1968
Details: Philinopsis taronga (Allan, 1933)
Size/Grows to:
Height 9mm, Width 6mm
Distribution:
Northland down to Auckland and Hauraki Gulf
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine, Brown animal with variable spots, has an internal white shell
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W. 2015 Intertidal records of 'sea slugs' (nudibranchs and allied opisthobranch gastropods) from northern North Island, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 50 (p.57)
  • Willan, R.C., Morton, J.E. 1984 Opisthobranchia, Marine Molluscs, University of Auckland, Leigh Marine Laboratory, 2 (p.19)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.273)

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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