Philinoidea
Appearance
Philinoidea | |
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Chelidonura varians | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Infraclass: | Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Philinoidea Gray, 1850 (1815) |
Philinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of sea slugs, specifically headshield slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Cephalaspidea.[1]
Anatomy
[edit]The species in the Superfamily Philinoidea are generally small animals that have and internal or external shell, and a covered gill. Unlike some related forms, the visceral mass is not sharply set off from the rest of the body.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]According to the latest taxonomy, the following families are recognised in the Superfamily Philinoidea:[1]
- Aglajidae Pilsbry, 1895 (1847)
- Alacuppidae Oskars, Bouchet & Malaquias, 2015[3]
- Antarctophilinidae Moles, Avila & Malaquias, 2019
- Colpodaspididae Oskars, Bouchet & Malaquias, 2015[3]
- Gastropteridae Swainson, 1840
- Laonidae Pruvot-Fol, 1954[3]
- Philinidae Gray, 1850 (1815)
- Philinoglossidae Hertling, 1932
- Philinorbidae Oskars, Bouchet & Malaquias, 2015[3]
- Philinorbis Habe, 1950
- Pseudophiline Habe, 1976
- Scaphandridae G.O. Sars, 1878[3]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Philinoidea.
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Philinoidea Gray, 1850 (1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196322 on 2021-10-14
- ^ Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 376. ISBN 978-0-03-056747-6.
- ^ a b c d e 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.011. hdl:1956/10087. PMID 25916189.