{{Short description|Family of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon = Philinidae |image = sand_slug.jpg |image_caption = A close-up view of a live individual of ''Philine aperta'' |authority = Gray, 1850 (1815) |synonyms= Bullaeidae <small>Rafinesque, 1815</small> |display_parents= 3 }}
'''Philinidae''' is a family of medium-sized sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. These are headshield slugs, in the order Cephalaspidea.<ref name="WoRMS">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</ref>
==Genera== Genera within the family Philinidae include: ;Subfamily Hermaniinae <small>Chaban, Ekimova, Schepetov, Kohnert, Schrödl & Chernyshev, 2019</small> * ''Hermania'' <small>Monterosato, 1884</small> * ''Spiniphiline'' <small>Gosliner, 1988</small> ;Subfamily Philininae <small>Gray, 1850 (1815)</small> * ''Globophiline'' <small>Habe, 1958</small> * ''Philine'' <small>Ascanius, 1772</small> - type genus * ''Spiraphiline'' <small>Moles, Avila & Malaquias, 2019</small> * ''Yokoyamaia'' <small>Habe, 1950</small> ;Genera brought into synonymy: * ''Bullaea'' <small>Lamarck, 1801</small>: synonym of ''Philine'' <small>Ascanius, 1772</small> * ''Choshiphiline'' <small>Habe, 1958</small>: synonym of ''Philine'' <small>Ascanius, 1772</small> * ''Johania'' <small>Monterosato, 1884</small>: synonym of ''Philine'' <small>Ascanius, 1772</small> * ''Lobaria'' <small>O.F. Müller, 1776</small>: synonym of ''Philine'' <small>Ascanius, 1772</small> * ''Ossiania'' <small>Monterosato, 1884</small>: synonym of ''Philine'' <small>Ascanius, 1772</small> * ''Philingwynia'' <small>F. Nordsieck, 1972</small>: synonym of ''Philine'' <small>Ascanius, 1772</small> * ''Retusophiline'' <small>Nordsieck, 1972</small>: synonym of ''Philine'' <small>Ascanius, 1772</small> * ''Woodbridgea'' <small>S. S. Berry, 1953</small>: synonym of ''Philine'' <small>Ascanius, 1772</small> (doubtful synonym)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Philinidae}} * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1163209 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) ] * [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.01 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 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}} * [http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20o?search=Philinidae&guide=Groups_Mollusca DiscoverLife]
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Category:Philinidae Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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