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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:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
CFMAn
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.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

*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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