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