Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 23 meters (74 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
()
- J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Opisthobranchia
()
- Milne-Edwards, 1848
- Suborder:
Cephalaspidea
()
- P. Fischer, 1883
- Superfamily:
Philinoidea
()
- J.E. Gray, 1850 (1815)
- Family:
Philinidae
()
- J.E. Gray, 1850 (1815)
- Genus:
Philine
()
- Ascanius, 1772
- Specific name:
angasi
- Crosse & Fischer, 1865
- Scientific name: - Philine angasi Crosse & Fischer, 1865
- Specific name:
angasi
- Crosse & Fischer, 1865
- Genus:
Philine
(
- Family:
Philinidae
(
- Superfamily:
Philinoidea
(
- Suborder:
Cephalaspidea
(
- Order:
Opisthobranchia
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Philine
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. alba (White Paper-Bubble) · P. angulata (Angled Paper-Bubble) · P. aperta (Open Paper-Bubble) · P. californica (California Paper-Bubble) · P. cingulata (Girdled Paper-Bubble) · P. finmarchica (Finmark Paper-Bubble) · P. fragilis (Fragile Paper-Bubble) · P. lima (File Paper-Bubble) · P. polaris (Axial Paper-Bubble) · P. quadrata (Quadrate Paper-Bubble) · P. sagra (Crenulate Paper-Bubble) · P. sinuata (Sinuate Paper-Bubble) · P. tincta (Tinted Paper-Bubble)
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Further Reading
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- Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. By Frederick Wollaston Hutton. .. Wellington, G. Didsbury, Government Printer, 1873. url p. 53.
- Dr. James C. Cox's exchange list of land and marine shells from Australia and the adjacent islands. Sydney[F. Cunninghame & Co., printers]1868. url p. 19, p. 19.
- Index faunæ Novæ Zealandiæ, ed. by F.W. Hutton, F.R.S. Pub. for the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, New Zealand. London, Dulau & Co., 1904. url p. 69.
- International catalogue of scientific literature. LondonPublished for the International Council by the Royal Society of London1901-1920 url p. 77.
- Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1885-1935. url p. 241, p. 8.
- Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. A systematic and descriptive catalogue of the marine and land shells, and of the soft mollusks and Polyzoa of New Zealand and the adjacent islands, by Frederick Wollaston Hutton. Wellington, Printed at the office of J. Hughes, 1880. url p. 222.
- Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania, The Society. url p. 47, p. 55.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url .
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. Melbourne: The Society, 1889- url p. 218, p. 219, p. 283.
- Records of the Australian Museum. Sydney: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1890- url p. 159.
- Report of the Australian Association for the advancement of Science. Sidney, The Association. url p. 370.
- Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76: under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and Captain Frank Turle Thomson, R.N. / prepared under the superintendence of Sir C. Wyville Thomson. Edinburgh: Neill, 1880-1895. url p. 671, p. 705.
- Report to the government of Ceylon on the pearl oyster fisheries of the gulf of Manaar, by W.A. Herdman. .. With supplementary reports upon the marine biology of Ceylon, by other naturalists. Pub. at the request of the colonial government by the Royal society. London, 1903-06. url p. 348.
- The Victorian naturalist. [Melbourne]Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. url p. 180, p. 55, p. 98.
- Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. Wellington: New Zealand Institute. url p. 219, p. 310.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data All Sea Bio Subset
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1923161
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13810217
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2167874
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 97.830 based on 48 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
