Philinidae

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Philinidae
A close-up view of a live individual of Philine aperta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia

clade Cephalaspidea

Superfamily: Philinoidea
Family: Philinidae
Gray, 1850 (1815)
Genera

See text

Synonyms
  • Bullaeidae
  • Laoninae

Philinidae is a family of medium-sized sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. These are headshield slugs, in the clade Cephalaspidea. [1]

Genera

Genera within the family Philinidae include:

  • Globophiline Habe, 1958
  • Johania Monterosato, 1884[2]
  • Laona A. Adams, 1865[3]
  • Philine Ascanius, 1772 - type genus
  • Philinorbis Habe, 1950
  • Praephiline Chaban & Soldatenko, 2009
  • Pseudophiline Habe, 1976 [citation needed]
  • Spiniphiline Gosliner, 1988
  • Yokoyamaia Habe, 1950
Genera brought into synonymy
  • Bullaea Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Philine Ascanius, 1772
  • Lobaria O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Philine Ascanius, 1772
  • Ossiania Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Philine Ascanius, 1772
  • Retusophiline Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Philine Ascanius, 1772

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Philinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=161 on 2012-07-16
  2. ↑ WoRMS (2009). Johania Monterosato, 1884. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138337 on 2010-09-16
  3. ↑ WoRMS (2009). Laona Adams, 1865. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138338 on 2010-09-16

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