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Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Cosa (Genus)
> filholi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Philobrya filholi F. Bernard, 1897
Images: Cosa filholi (F. Bernard, 1897)
Collected Aug 2005, Papanui Canyon, Otago, NZ (NMR 151853). Natural History Museum Rotterdam (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Cosa (Genus)
> filholi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Philobrya filholi F. Bernard, 1897
Details: Cosa filholi (F. Bernard, 1897)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.6mm, Height 3.3mm
Distribution:
South-western North Island, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands, from 0-420m
Type Data:
  • 64 metres, off Stewart Island, NZ, (holotype)
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.370)
  • Bernard, F.R. 1897 Etudes comparatives sur la coquille des lamellibranches. II. Les genres Philobrya et Hochstetteria, Journal de Conchyliologie, 45(1) (p.16) 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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