Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand
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Marinula filholi F. W. Hutton, 1878
Family Ellobiidae, known colloquially as coastal snails. They are small air-breathing snails on land, living amphibious or semi-marine. Breathing takes place via the lung-like mantle cavity. Members of the family are distributed worldwide across several climate zones.
Marinula filholi is a species of small air-breathing land snail in the family Ellobiidae, endemic to New Zealand.
Marinula filholi is endemic to New Zealand. The species name "filholi" was given in honor of the French zoologist Antoine Pierre Henri Filhol (1843-1902), who took part in several expeditions on research ships. The first description was made by Frederick Wollaston in 1878. The coastal and brackish water snail grows to a maximum size of 1.5 cm. Unfortunately nothing is known about the food.
Synonymised names:
Marinula chathamensis Finlay, 1928 · unaccepted
Family Ellobiidae, known colloquially as coastal snails. They are small air-breathing snails on land, living amphibious or semi-marine. Breathing takes place via the lung-like mantle cavity. Members of the family are distributed worldwide across several climate zones.
Marinula filholi is a species of small air-breathing land snail in the family Ellobiidae, endemic to New Zealand.
Marinula filholi is endemic to New Zealand. The species name "filholi" was given in honor of the French zoologist Antoine Pierre Henri Filhol (1843-1902), who took part in several expeditions on research ships. The first description was made by Frederick Wollaston in 1878. The coastal and brackish water snail grows to a maximum size of 1.5 cm. Unfortunately nothing is known about the food.
Synonymised names:
Marinula chathamensis Finlay, 1928 · unaccepted
