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 > Genus Philine

Philine complanata R. B. Watson, 1897

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Philine*	Ascanius, 1772	accepted genus name
*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

Literature

original description	Watson, R. B. (1897). On the marine Mollusca of Madeira; with descriptions of thirty-five new species, and an index-list of all the known sea-dwelling species of that island. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 26(19): 233-329, pl. 19-20.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Malaquias, M. A. (2004). The opisthobranch molluscs described by the Reverend Robert Boog Watson from the Madeira archipelago (Northeast Atlantic, Portugal). Journal of Conchology. 38(3): 231-240.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Philine complanata R. B. Watson, 1897. 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:140748