Taxonavigation

Familia: Philinidae
Subfamilia: Philininae
Genus: Philine
Species: †Philine tepikia

Name

• Philine tepikia Rudman, 1970
  • Authority for current placement: original
  • Current status: valid species
  • Gender: unchangeable
  • Original combination(s)/spelling(s): Philine tepikia
  • Original genus: Philine Ascanius, 1772
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: fossil shell
    • Repository: GNSS, as 'N.Z.G.S. 4003'
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  • Type locality and age: 'Landguard Sand, Landguard Bluff (below road junction, 16 chains at 90° from Landguard Trig.), Wanganui, N138/394, age: Castlecliffian Stage (Putikian Substage)'
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Primary references

• Rudman, W.B. 1970: A revision of the the genus Philine in New Zealand with descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda Opisthobranchia). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 2(1): 23-34, plate 3. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 31, and Fig. 2M, Pl. 3, C]

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