OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Opisthobranchia Philinidae 

Philine aperta (Linnaeus), 1767

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Keywords

feeds on: omnivorous [molluscs, foraminifera, diatoms, algae]
habitat: sublittoral sand [burrowing into the surface layers]

References

 Hurst, A. 1965. p.281 Anatomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Heterobranchia
                Unplaced
                  Opisthobranchia
                    Philinidae Gray, 1850
                      Philine Ascanius, 1772
                        Philine (Described) species
                          Philine (Described) aperta (Linnaeus), 1767

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=40434) created by Opistobranch Import on 2001-03-28. Record last updated by Julia Fabrega on 2002-09-04.