original description
Cooper, J. G. (1867). <i>Geographical catalogue of the Mollusca found west of the Rocky Mountains, between latitudes 33° and 49° north</i>. San Francisco: Geological Survey of California. 40 pp.
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Although Cooper did not state explicitly that he established Philobrya as a substitute name for Bryophila Carpenter, 1864, he included in it only the type species of the latter, which is a junior homonym of Bryophila Treitschke, 1825 [Lepidoptera]. [details]