WoRMS taxon details
Philine aperta (Linnaeus, 1767)
AphiaID: 140744
AphiaID: 140744
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Cephalaspidea (Order) > Philinoidea (Superfamily) > Philinidae (Family) > Philine (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Philine Ascanius, 1772 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Bulla aperta Linnaeus, 1767 (original combination) Bulla schroeteri Philippi, 1844 Bullaea capensis Pfeiffer, 1840 Philine aperta guiniensis Marcus & Marcus, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
additional source: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 131 [details] additional source: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 176 [details] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Price R.M., Gosliner T.M. & Valdés A. (2011) Systematics and phylogeny of context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Philine aperta guiniensis Marcus & Marcus, 1966 accepted as Philine aperta (Linnaeus, 1767) Variety Philine aperta var. patula Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Philine quadripartita Ascanius, 1772 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Cape Verde [details] De Panne [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] East Atlantic [details] East Coast of South Africa [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Goote Bank [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Koksijde [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique [details] Norway [details] Oostduinkerke [details] Philippines [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] South Africa (country) [details] South Coast of South Africa [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Sri Lanka [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | BIOTIC Marine Life Information Network - UK To Biodiversity Heritage Library (272 publications) To CLEMAM To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 4 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Taxonomy: Philine aperta and P. quadripartita have long been treated as synonyms. However, according to Price et al. (2011), based on anatomy, there are two distinct species, the first one in South Africa and Mozambique, the second one in European seas. [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140744 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Philine aperta (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140744 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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