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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)
> angasi (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:
=Bullaea angasi Crosse, 1865
Images: Philine angasi Crosse, 1865
In beach drift, Great Exhibition Bay, Far North, NZ. Shell 20mm tall
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)
> angasi (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:
=Bullaea angasi Crosse, 1865
Details: Philine angasi Crosse, 1865
Size/Grows to:
Height 35mm, Width 27mm
Distribution:
Northern North Island to Bay of Plenty. Also New South Wales, Australia
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine, Without sculpture other than axial growth lines
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.55)
  • 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)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.272)
  • Rudman, W.B. 1970 A revision of the genus Philine in New Zealand with descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda Opisthobranchia), Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 2(1) (p.24)

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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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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