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 quadripartita Ascanius, 1772

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

*Bullaea planciana*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym
*Lobaria quadriloba*	O. F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Lobaria quadrilobata*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Philine aperta var. patula*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Philine apertissima*	de Folin, 1893	synonym
*Philine zangherii*	Coen, 1948	synonym
*Philine aperta*	(Linnaeus, 1767) sensu Jeffreys, 1867	misapplied name

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.
basis of record	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 quadripartita 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:574582