Genus Philippia Gray, 1847 Ph. abyssorum (Melvill & Standen) Solarium abyssorum Melvill & Standen, Ann. & Mag. of Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 12, p. 297, pl. 21, fig. 1; 1903. Type locality: "Gulf of Oman, lat. 24º 58' N., long. 56º 54' E., 156 fathoms". This Philippia is related to Ph. oxytropis A. Ad. Ph. atkinsoni (Smith) Solarium atkinsoni Smith, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 441, pl. 35, figs. 19, 19a, 19b; 1891. Architectonica atkinsoni, Hedley, Rec. Austral. Mus., vol. 6, p. 285; 1907. Type locality: "dredged off Sydney in 410 fathoms", "Station 164 B". Ph. certesi (Dautzenberg & Fischer) Solarium Certesi Dautzenberg & Fischer, Mém. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 9, p. 452, pl. 19, figs. 3, 4, 5; 1896. Solarium Certesi, Dautzenberg & Fischer, Mém. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 10, p. 159; 1897. Solarium Certesi, Dautzenberg, Rés. Camp. Sci. Prince de Monaco, fasc. 72, p. 121, pl. 4, figs. 4, 5, 6; 1927. Type locality: "Açores: Hirondelle (1888), Stn. 39, 1557 m., Stn. 47, 1372 m., Stn. 69, 1300 m.; Pr. Alice (1895), Stn. 46, 1385 m., Stn. 71, 1165 m." Dautzenberg & Fischer place this species in the genus Solarium. It is not a Solarium s.s., however, but they do not specify the subgenus to which it belongs. The angulate periphery, the more or less triangular aperture and