{{Short description|Family of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |image_caption = |taxon = Pinufiidae |authority = Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1960 |type_genus = ''Pinufius'' |type_genus_authority = Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1960 | synonyms = }}
'''Pinufiidae''' is a family of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.<ref name=WoRMS> MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. [https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=412592 Pinufiidae Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1960.] Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-06-01.</ref>
In Korshunova et al. (2025), Pinufiidae was not recognized as a family but as a subgroup or 'subfamily' of the family Trinchesiidae. This is due to the type genus ''Pinufius'' bearing close relations the trinchesiid ''Phestilla''<ref name="Korshunova">Korshunova T.; Fletcher K.; Martynov A. (2025). [https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057 The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case] ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.'' Volume 204, Issue 4, August 2025.</ref>.
== References == [https://web.archive.org/web/20090805035335/http://seaslugforum.net/specieslist.cfm Sea Slug Forum species list] {{Reflist}}
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Category:Fionoidea Category:Gastropod families Category:Taxa named by Ernst Marcus (zoologist) Category:Taxa named by Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus
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