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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)
Images: Philinopsis virgo (Rudman, 1968)
Holotype of Aglaja virgo Rudman, 1968, collected off Cavalli Islands, Whangaroa, NZ (M.023206). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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:
North-eastern North Island, from 91m
Type Data:
  • 91 metres, off Cavalli Islands, Whangaroa, NZ, (holotype of Aglaja virgo Rudman, 1968)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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
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