Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Cephalaspidea > Superfamily Philinoidea > Family Philinidae > Subfamily Philininae

Philine Ascanius, 1772

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bulla (Bullea)*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Bullea*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Bullaea*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym
*Johania*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Lobaria*	O. F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Philingwynia*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym

Children

Philine angulata Jeffreys, 1867
Philine aperta (Linnaeus, 1767)
Philine approximans Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
Philine azorica Bouchet, 1975
Philine catena (Montagu, 1803)
Philine complanata R. B. Watson, 1897
Philine desmotis R. B. Watson, 1897
Philine infortunata Pilsbry, 1895
Philine intricata Monterosato, 1884
Philine iris Tringali, 2001
Philine monilifera Bouchet, 1975
Philine monterosati Monterosato, 1874
Philine punctata (J. Adams, 1800)
Philine quadripartita Ascanius, 1772
Philine rugosula Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
Philine striatula Monterosato, 1874
Philine talismani Sykes, 1905

Literature

original description	Ascanius P. 1772. Philine quadripartita, et förut obekant sjö-kräk, aftecknadt och beskrifvet. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 33 (10-12): 329-331, pl. 10.
additional source	Ohnheiser, L. T.; Malaquias, M. (2013). Systematic revision of the gastropod family Philinidae (Mollusca: Cephalaspidea) in the north-east Atlantic Ocean with emphasis on the Scandinavian Peninsula. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 167: 273-326.
taxonomy source	Price R. M.; Gosliner T. M.; Valdés A. (2011). Systematics and phylogeny of Philine (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia), with emphasis on the Philine aperta species complex. The Veliger. 51(2): 1-58. [26 May 2011].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Philine Ascanius, 1772. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138339