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 infortunata Pilsbry, 1895

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

Species group names

*Philine vitrea*	(M. Sars, 1870) sensu G. O. Sars, 1878	junior homonym; nom. inval.

Literature

original description	Pilsbry, H. A. (1895-1896). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 1. Vol. 16: Philinidae, Gastropteridae, Aglajidae, Aplysiidae, Oxynoeidae, Runcinidae, Umbraculidae, Pleurobranchidae. pp vii, 1-262, pls 1-74. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-48, pls. 1-16, Aug. 20, 1895; pp. 49-112, pls. 17-31, Nov. 26, 1895; pp. 113-160, pls. 32-43, Mar. 13, 1896; pp. 161-262, pls. 44-74, Sept. 23, 1896; pp. i-vii, Sept. 23, 1896].
additional source	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.
subsequent type designation	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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Philine infortunata Pilsbry, 1895. 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:140752