Biology:Philinidae

Short description: Family of gastropods

Philinidae
A close-up view of a live individual of Philine aperta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Infraclass:	Euthyneura
Superfamily:	Philinoidea
Family:	Philinidae Gray, 1850 (1815)
Synonyms
Bullaeidae Rafinesque, 1815

Philinidae is a family of medium-sized sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. These are headshield slugs, in the order Cephalaspidea.

Genera

Genera within the family Philinidae include:

Subfamily Hermaniinae Chaban, Ekimova, Schepetov, Kohnert, Schrödl & Chernyshev, 2019

• Hermania Monterosato, 1884
• Spiniphiline Gosliner, 1988

Subfamily Philininae Gray, 1850 (1815)

• Globophiline Habe, 1958
• Philine Ascanius, 1772 - type genus
• Spiraphiline Moles, Avila & Malaquias, 2019
• Yokoyamaia Habe, 1950

Genera brought into synonymy

• Bullaea Lamarck, 1801: synonym of Philine Ascanius, 1772
• Choshiphiline Habe, 1958: synonym of Philine Ascanius, 1772
• Johania Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Philine Ascanius, 1772
• Lobaria O.F. Müller, 1776: synonym of Philine Ascanius, 1772
• Ossiania Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Philine Ascanius, 1772
• Philingwynia F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Philine Ascanius, 1772
• Retusophiline Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Philine Ascanius, 1772
• Woodbridgea S. S. Berry, 1953: synonym of Philine Ascanius, 1772 (doubtful synonym)

External links

• Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August)
• Oskars T.R., Bouchet P. & Malaquias M.A. (2015). A new phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) based on expanded taxon sampling and gene markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 89: 130-150
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
• DiscoverLife

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