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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Philippia (Genus)
> lutea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Solarium (Philippia) Gray, 1847
Synonymised Names:
=Solarium luteum Lamarck, 1822
=Solarium luteum var. novaehollandiae Philippi, 1853
Images: Philippia lutea (Lamarck, 1822)
From off Houhora, Northland, NZ. 13mm. © rights reserved
From about 15 metres, off Houhora Harbour, Far North, NZ. 13mm. © rights reserved
Off Houhora Harbour, Far North, NZ. 13mm. © rights reserved
In beach drift, Far North, NZ. 8mm. © rights reserved
In beach drift, Far North, NZ. 8mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Philippia (Genus)
> lutea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Solarium (Philippia) Gray, 1847
Synonymised Names:
=Solarium luteum Lamarck, 1822
=Solarium luteum var. novaehollandiae Philippi, 1853
Details: Philippia lutea (Lamarck, 1822)
Size/Grows to:
Width 13mm, Height 12mm
Distribution:
Western Pacific. Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and southern North Island, and south-western South Island, from 0-95m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Walton, K. Nov/2011 Recent additions to the checklist of Marine Mollusca from Wellington Harbour and approaches, Cookia, 23 (p.13)
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W., Raven, J.L., Foreman, G.A., Grenfell, H.R. 2006 Intertidal and shallow subtidal biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 43 (p.34)
  • Bieler, R. 1993 Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda), Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF), 30 (p.110)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.248)

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
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