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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
From about 15 metres, off Houhora Harbour, Far North, NZ. 13mm
Off Houhora Harbour, Far North, NZ. 13mm
In beach drift, Far North, NZ. 8mm
In beach drift, Far North, NZ. 8mm
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:
Northland to Bay of Plenty and Mahia. Recently also recorded just north of Castlepoint. Also Australia, NSW south to WA, including Tasmania, and Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine
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)

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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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