Biology:Tubulophilinopsis

Short description: Genus of sea slugs

Tubulophilinopsis
Tubulophilinopsis reticulata in Réunion
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Cohort:	Tectipleura
Order:	Cephalaspidea
Family:	Aglajidae
Genus:	Tubulophilinopsis Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2017
Species
4; see text
Synonyms
Aglaja splendida Marcus, 1965 Doridium gardineri Eliot, 1903 (original combination) Philinopsis gardineri (Eliot, 1903)

Tubulophilinopsis is a genus of medium-sized, sea slugs from the Indo-West Pacific belonging to the family Aglajidae.

Species

As of 2021 there are four species:

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Tubulophilinopsis gardineri (Eliot, 1903)	Tropical Indo-West Pacific
	Tubulophilinopsis lineolata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)	Indo-West Pacific
	Tubulophilinopsis pilsbryi (Eliot, 1900)	Tropical Indo-West Pacific
	Tubulophilinopsis reticulata (Eliot, 1903)	Indo-West Pacific

External links

• Zamora-Silva A. & Malaquias M.A.E. (2018 (nomenclatural availability: 2017). Molecular phylogeny of the Aglajidae head-shield sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea): new evolutionary lineages revealed and proposal of a new classification. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(1): 1-51.

Wikidata ☰ Q56317933 entry