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Taxonomy
Family:
AGLAJIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Philinoidea (Superfamily)
> Aglajidae (Family)
> Philinopsis (Genus)
> virgo (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acera Cuvier, 1810
=Eidothea Risso, 1826
Synonymised Names:
=Aglaja virgo Rudman, 1968
=Melanochlamys virgo (Rudman, 1968)
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Taxonomy
Family:
AGLAJIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Philinoidea (Superfamily)
> Aglajidae (Family)
> Philinopsis (Genus)
> virgo (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acera Cuvier, 1810
=Eidothea Risso, 1826
Synonymised Names:
=Aglaja virgo Rudman, 1968
=Melanochlamys virgo (Rudman, 1968)
Details: Philinopsis virgo (Rudman, 1968)
Size/Grows to:
Height 8.5mm
Distribution:
Northland. Off Cavalli Islands, 90 metres
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.273)
  • Rudman, W.B. 1968 Three new species of the opisthobranch family Aglajidae from New Zealand., Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 10(17) (p.214) 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