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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)
> powelli (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
Images: Philine powelli Rudman, 1970
Found on the drift line. Far North, NZ. 9mm
Holotype, collected off Napier, Hawkes Bay, NZ (M.007970). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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)
> powelli (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
Details: Philine powelli Rudman, 1970
Size/Grows to:
Height 9mm, Width 7mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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.25) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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