Philinidae

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Philinoidea Phylum Mollusca		Class Gastropoda Scientific name Philinidae Rank Family

Similar Philine, Retusidae, Cephalaspidea, Acteonidae, Sand slug

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

Genera

Genera within the family Philinidae include:

Globophiline Habe, 1958

Johania Monterosato, 1884

Laona A. Adams, 1865

Philine Ascanius, 1772 - type genus

Philinorbis Habe, 1950

Praephiline Chaban & Soldatenko, 2009

Pseudophiline Habe, 1976

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

Philinidae Wikipedia

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