Home Acknowledgments Conventions Glossary Maps References Links Articles Thumbnails Species list Family Next species _______________   Additional Photos   gizzard plates	Philine puka Price, Gosliner, and Valdes, 2011   Maximum size:  ( ) Identification:  This is a relatively large animal with a broad, smooth shell. Natural history:  Philine puka is known only from animals dredged from depths between 200 and 363 m (656 and 1187 ft). Distribution:  Big Island, Oahu and Laysan. Taxonomic notes:  It was first recorded in Hawaii by the U.S. Fisheries Commission steamer Albatross on March 28, 1902 off Diamond Head Light, Oahu from 269-363 m (882-1187 ft). The name puka, the Hawaiian word for hole, refers to the pores on the gizzard plates. Photo:  Terry Gosliner: about 7.5 mm: found by Dale Bonar; dredged from 200 m (656 ft); off Barber's Point, Oahu; April 27, 1973. Observations and comments: Note 1:  ( )
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