Philinidae

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:

Habe, 1958
Monterosato, 1884^[2]
Adams, 1865^[3]
Philine Ascanius, 1772 - type genus
Habe, 1950
Chaban & Soldatenko, 2009
Habe, 1976^{[citation needed]}
Gosliner, 1988
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[]

^ 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
^ 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
^ 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

External links[]

Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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[WoRMS-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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