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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)
> auriformis (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:
=Philine constricta auriformis Suter, 1909
Images: Philine auriformis Suter, 1909
Shell in beach drift, Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. 8-10mm. © rights reserved
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)
> auriformis (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:
=Philine constricta auriformis Suter, 1909
Details: Philine auriformis Suter, 1909
Size/Grows to:
Height 16mm, Width 12mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Islands. Introduced and now established in California, from 0-622m
Type Data:
  • Akaroa Harbour entrance, Christchurch, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Description:
Sculptured with beaded spirals

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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)
  • 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)
  • Suter, H. 1909 Description of new species and subspecies of New Zealand Mollusca, with notes on a few species, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.257) Original Description

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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