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Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Philobrya (Genus)
> acutangula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bryophila Carpenter, 1864
=Hochstetteria Vélain, 1877
=Micromytilus Cotton, 1931
=Notomytilus Hedley, 1916
=Philippiella Pfeffer, 1886
=Philobrya (Hochstetteria) Vélain, 1877
=Stempellaria Clasing, 1918
=Stempellia Odhner, 1922
Synonymised Names:
=Hochstetteria acutangula Powell, 1935
Images: Philobrya acutangula (Powell, 1935)
MA70358. Holotype. Three Kings Islands, in fish stomach. 2.8mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Philobrya (Genus)
> acutangula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bryophila Carpenter, 1864
=Hochstetteria Vélain, 1877
=Micromytilus Cotton, 1931
=Notomytilus Hedley, 1916
=Philippiella Pfeffer, 1886
=Philobrya (Hochstetteria) Vélain, 1877
=Stempellaria Clasing, 1918
=Stempellia Odhner, 1922
Synonymised Names:
=Hochstetteria acutangula Powell, 1935
Details: Philobrya acutangula (Powell, 1935)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.9mm, Width 4.1mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands. Northland to Mahia
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W., Raven, J.L., Foreman, G.A., Grenfell, H.R. 2006 Intertidal and shallow subtidal biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 43 (p.37)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.367)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1935 Five new species of pelecypod Mollusca from New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 21 (p.257) Original Description

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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