Philine lima

Philine lima (Brown, 1827)

• Bulla lima Brown, 1827 (original)
• Bulla lineolata Couthouy, 1839
• Bullaea punctata Møller, 1842
• Philine frigida Knipowitsch, 1896
• Retusophiline lima (Brown, 1827)
• Utriculus lima Brown, 1827

Description

Biology

Etymology

• Philine. Derived from Greek “philainoi”, name of two Carthaginian brothers who fougth for their homeland and who received honors as Gods.
• Lima. From Latin “lima”, file, scraper.

Distribution
This species has a northern amphiatlantic distribution from Massachusetts over Greenland, Svalbard to Murman coast, White Sea, Kara Sea, Franz Joseph Land (Odhner, 1915). In Norway it is found northwards of the Lofoten (Høisæter et al., 2001) but on the continental slope as far south as Ålesund (Høisæter, 2009). Pilsbry (1895) quoted that Monterosato found this species in the Mediterranean Sea, however, given the distribution reported by other authors this seems unlikely and might come from a misidentification.

Known georeferenced records of the species: Philine lima
Sources:
: OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG	: OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions

References for the species: Philine lima

Galicia: Rolán (1983, refers this species to Galicia Bank, bathyal as P. cf. lima). Azores: Dautzenberg (1889), Nordsieck (1972), Mikkelsen (1995), Malaquias (2001).
Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.

Abundance

Western Mediterranean:
Eastern Mediterranean:
Atlantic Ocean:

More pictures

Philine lima @ Artsdatabanken – Cephalaspids of Norway – by Lena Tina Ohnheiser

Philine lima @ Artsdatabanken – Cephalaspids of Norway – by Lena Tina Ohnheiser

Bibliography

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Bibliography based on the works by Steve Long, 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000 and Gary McDonald, 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia, with later updates from other resources.

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