MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Philine alba Mattox, 1958) Mattox N. (1958). Studies on the Opisthobranchiata: II. A new tectibranch of the genus <i>Philine</i>. <em>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 57: 98–104.
page(s): 98, pl. 33 figs 1-3 [details]
basis of record
Valdés A. (2019). Northeast Pacific benthic shelled sea slugs. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 242-304., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.21
page(s): 289, figs 24D-E, 25E-F [details]
new combination reference
Valdés Á., Cadien D. B.; Gosliner T. M. (2016). Philinidae, Laonidae and Philinorbidae (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Philinoidea) from the northeastern Pacific Ocean and the Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4147(5): 501-537., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4147.5.1 [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Monterey Bay, California to central Baja California, Mexico and Galapagos Islands; 36–274 m. [details]