Pinufiidae
Appearance
| Pinufiidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Pinufiidae Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1960 |
| Type genus | |
| Pinufius Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1960 | |
Pinufiidae is a family of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.[1]
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[2].
References
[edit]- ↑ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397.
- ↑ Korshunova T.; Fletcher K.; Martynov A. (2025). 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.