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Species List for Genus: Philobrya
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Arcida (Order) > Limopsoidea (Superfamily) > Philobryidae (Family) > Philobrya (Genus)
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  • Genus: Philobrya

  • Philobrya acutangula (Powell, 1935)
    Height 4.9mm, Width 4.1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands
    AC
  • Philobrya hamiltoni (Hedley, 1916)
    Height 6mm, Width 4.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Macquarie Island, below low tide
    An
  • Philobrya meleagrina (F. Bernard, 1896)
    Width 2.5mm, Height 2.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern South Island, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Antipodes and Chatham Islands
    FMAn
  • Philobrya modiolus Suter, 1913
    Width 3mm, Height 3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South, Stewart, Snares, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands
    MAn
  • Philobrya munita (Finlay, 1930)
    Height 4.2mm, Width 3.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Spirits Bay and north-eastern North Island as far south as Mahia Peninsula
    AC
  • Philobrya pinctada (Finlay, 1930)
    Height 5.6mm, Width 4.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    King Bank, Three Kings Islands, eastern North Island, Cook Strait, and eastern South Island as far south as Otago Peninsula
    ACF
  • Philobrya sculpturalis (Dell, 1956)
    Height 6mm, Width 4.4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Eastern South Island, Chatham Rise and Bounty Islands
    FMAn
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