Species under Philine
n= 53
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Philine alata
Thiele, 1912
Antarctic Atlantic 2
Philine alba
Mattox, 1958
White philine Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific 6
Philine amabilis
Verrill, 1880
Northwest Atlantic 1.5
Philine angasi
(Crosse & Fischer, 1865)
Indo-West Pacific
Philine angulata
Jeffreys, 1867
Angled paperbubble Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean 0.25
Philine antarctica
Smith, 1902
Antarctic Pacific
Philine aperta
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Lobe shell Eastern Atlantic, Indo-Pacific and the Mediterranean
Philine argentata
Gould, 1959
Western Pacific
Philine argentina
Carcelles, 1947
Western Atlantic 1.1
Philine auriformis
Suter, 1909
Ear-shaped philine Indo-Pacific 7
Philine bakeri
Dall, 1919
Baker paper-bubble Eastern Pacific
Philine beachportensis
Verco, 1909
Eastern Indian Ocean
Philine caballeri
Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2001
Western Atlantic 0.34
Philine californica
Willett, 1944
California paperbubble Eastern Pacific
Philine candeana
(d'Orbigny, 1841)
Western Atlantic 1.2
Philine catena
(Montagu, 1803)
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Philine cingulata
Sars, 1878
Girdled paperbubble Western Atlantic
Philine columnaria
Hedley & May, 1908
Indo-West Pacific
Philine denticulata
(Adams, 1800)
Northeast Atlantic, Arctic and the Mediterranean
Philine falklandica
Powell, 1951
Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic 0.54
Philine fragilis
Sars, 1878
Fragile paperbubble Western Atlantic
Philine gibba
Strebel, 1908
Atlantic Antarctic 0.55
Philine gouldi
Doello-Jurado, 1918
Western Atlantic 0.9
Philine infortunata
Pilsbry, 1895
Northeast Atlantic
Philine infundibulum
Dall, 1889
Western Atlantic 1.2
Philine intricata
Monterosato, 1875
Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Philine iris
Tringali, 2001
Mediterranean Sea
Philine japonica
Lischke, 1872
Northwest Pacific
Philine kerguelensis
Thiele, 1925
Western Atlantic and Indian Ocean 0.6
Philine kinglipini
Tchang, 1934
Northwest Pacific
Philine kurodai
Habe, 1946
Western Central Pacific
Philine lima
(Brown, 1825)
File paperbubble Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and the Arctic
Philine loveni
Malm, 1858
Northeast Atlantic
Philine lucida
Dall, 1927
Western Atlantic 0.35
Philine mera
Marcus & Marcus, 1969
Western Atlantic 0.7
Philine monterosati
Monterosato, 1874
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Philine orca
Gosliner, 1988
Western Central Pacific
Philine paucipapillata
Price, Gosliner & Valdés, 2011
Western Pacific
Philine planata
Dall, 1889
Western Atlantic 1.15
Philine polaris
Aurivillius, 1885
Axial paperbubble Northern Atlantic, Eastern Pacific and the Arctic
Philine polystrigma
(Dall, 1908)
Eastern Pacific
Philine punctata
(Adams, 1800)
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Philine quadripartita
Ascanius, 1772
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Philine rubrata
Gosliner, 1988
Western Central Pacific
Philine sagra
(d'Orbigny, 1841)
Crenulate paperbubble Western Atlantic 0.6
Philine scabra
Müller, 1784
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Philine sinuata
Stimpson, 1851
Sinuate paperbubble Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific
Philine striatula
Monterosato, 1874
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Philine teres
Hedley, 1903
Indo-West Pacific
Philine thurmanni
Marcus & Marcus, 1969
Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific 0.7
Philine tincta
Verrill, 1882
Tinted paperbubble Western Atlantic 1.075
Philine trachyostraca
Watson, 1897
Atlantic Ocean 0.28
Philine trapezia
Hedley, 1902
Indo-West Pacific
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