Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Hermania infantilis		Western Central Pacific		1950
Johania retifera		Northeast Atlantic and th		1844
Laona finmarchica	Finmark paperbubble	Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra	0.9 DL	1859
Laona flexuosa		Northeast Atlantic and th		1870
Laona pruinosa		Northeast Atlantic and th		1827
Laona quadrata	Quadrate paperbubble	Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra	0.6 TL	1839
Philine alata		Antarctic Atlantic	2 DL	1912
Philine alba	White philine	Western Atlantic and East	6 TL	1958
Philine amabilis		Northwest Atlantic	1.5 TL	1880
Philine angasi		Indo-West Pacific		1865
Philine angulata	Angled paperbubble	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	0.3 DL	1867
Philine antarctica		Antarctic Pacific		1902
Philine aperta	Lobe shell	Eastern Atlantic, Indo-Pa		1767
Philine argentata		Western Pacific. Hong Ko		1959
Philine argentina		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL	1947
Philine auriformis	Ear-shaped philine	Indo-Pacific.	7 TL	1909
Philine bakeri	Baker paper-bubble	Eastern Pacific.		1919
Philine beachportensis		Eastern Indian Ocean		1909
Philine caballeri		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	2001
Philine californica	California paperbubble	Eastern Pacific.		1944
Philine candeana		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	1841
Philine catena		Northeast Atlantic and th		1803
Philine cingulata	Girdled paperbubble	Western Atlantic		1878
Philine columnaria		Indo-West Pacific		1908
Philine denticulata		Northeast Atlantic, Arcti		1800
Philine falklandica		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.5 DL	1951
Philine fragilis	Fragile paperbubble	Western Atlantic		1878
Philine gibba		Atlantic Antarctic	0.6 DL	1908
Philine gouldi		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1918
Philine infortunata		Northeast Atlantic		1895
Philine infundibulum		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	1889
Philine intricata		Eastern Atlantic and the		1875
Philine iris		Mediterranean Sea.		2001
Philine kerguelensis		Western Atlantic and Indi	0.6 DL	1925
Philine kinglipini		Northwest Pacific		1934
Philine kurodai		Western Central Pacific		1946
Philine lima	File paperbubble	Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra		1825
Philine loveni		Northeast Atlantic		1858
Philine lucida		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1927
Philine mera		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1969
Philine monterosati		Northeast Atlantic and th		1874
Philine orca		Western Central Pacific		1988
Philine paucipapillata		Western Pacific		2011
Philine planata		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	1889
Philine polaris	Axial paperbubble	Northern Atlantic, Easter		1885
Philine polystrigma		Eastern Pacific.		1908
Philine punctata		Northeast Atlantic and th		1800
Philine quadripartita		Northeast Atlantic and th		1772
Philine rubrata		Western Central Pacific		1988
Philine sagra	Crenulate paperbubble	Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1841
Philine scabra		Northeast Atlantic and th		1784
Philine sinuata	Sinuate paperbubble	Western Atlantic and East		1851
Philine striatula		Northeast Atlantic and th		1874
Philine teres		Indo-West Pacific		1903
Philine thurmanni		Western Atlantic and East	0.7 DL	1969
Philine tincta	Tinted paperbubble	Western Atlantic	1.1 DL	1882
Philine trachyostraca		Atlantic Ocean.	0.3 DL	1897
Philine trapezia		Indo-West Pacific		1902
Spiniphiline richardsoni		Indo-West Pacific		2021
Spiniphiline verbinneni		Indo-West Pacific		2021
Yokoyamaia orientalis		Northwest Pacific	0.8 SHL	1971

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Philinidae (See list of species below)

Family: Philinidae

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