Philinoidea
{{Short description|Superfamily of gastropods}}
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|image = Chelidonura varians.jpg
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|taxon = Philinoidea
|authority = Gray, 1850 (1815)
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Philinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of sea slugs, specifically headshield slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Cephalaspidea.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
Anatomy
The species in the Superfamily Philinoidea are generally small animals that have an 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.{{cite book |author= Barnes, Robert D. |year=1982 |title= Invertebrate Zoology |publisher= Holt-Saunders International |location= Philadelphia, PA|page= 376|isbn= 978-0-03-056747-6}}
Taxonomy
According to the latest taxonomy, the following families are recognised in the Superfamily Philinoidea:
- Aglajidae {{small|Pilsbry, 1895 (1847)}}
- Alacuppidae {{small|Oskars, Bouchet & Malaquias, 2015}}{{r|Oskars 2015}}
- Antarctophilinidae Moles, Avila & Malaquias, 2019
- Colpodaspididae {{small|Oskars, Bouchet & Malaquias, 2015}}{{r|Oskars 2015}}
- Gastropteridae {{small|Swainson, 1840}}
- Laonidae {{small|Pruvot-Fol, 1954}}{{r|Oskars 2015}}
- Philinidae {{small|Gray, 1850 (1815)}}
- Philinoglossidae {{small|Hertling, 1932}}
- Philinorbidae {{small|Oskars, Bouchet & Malaquias, 2015}}{{r|Oskars 2015}}
- Philinorbis Habe, 1950
- Pseudophiline Habe, 1976
- Scaphandridae {{small|G.O. Sars, 1878}}{{r|Oskars 2015}}
References
{{Wikispecies|Philinoidea}}
{{Reflist |refs=
|last1=Oskars |first1=T.R.
|last2=Bouchet |first2=P.
|last3=Malaquias |first3=M.A. |year=2015
|title=A new phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) based on expanded taxon sampling and gene markers
|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
|volume=89 |pages=130–150 |doi = 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.011|pmid = 25916189|doi-access=free|hdl=1956/10087|hdl-access=free}}
}}
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Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray
Category:Gastropod superfamilies
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