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Species List for Genus: Philobrya
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Arcida (Order) > Limopsoidea (Superfamily) > Philobryidae (Family) > Philobrya (Genus)
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  • Genus: Philobrya

  • Philobrya acutangula (Powell, 1935)
    Height 4.9mm, Width 4.1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands
  • Philobrya hamiltoni (Hedley, 1916)
    Height 6mm, Width 4.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Macquarie Island, below low tide
  • Philobrya meleagrina (F. Bernard, 1896)
    Width 2.5mm, Height 2.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern South Island, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Antipodes and Chatham Islands
  • Philobrya modiolus Suter, 1913
    Width 3mm, Height 3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South, Stewart, Snares, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands
  • Philobrya munita (Finlay, 1930)
    Height 4.2mm, Width 3.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Spirits Bay and north-eastern North Island as far south as Mahia Peninsula
  • Philobrya pinctada (Finlay, 1930)
    Height 5.6mm, Width 4.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    King Bank, Three Kings Islands, eastern North Island, Cook Strait, and eastern South Island as far south as Otago Peninsula
  • Philobrya sculpturalis (Dell, 1956)
    Height 6mm, Width 4.4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Eastern South Island, Chatham Rise and Bounty Islands
NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil