Taxonomy:
Class: Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797
Subclass: Heterobranchia Gray, J.E., 1840
Clade: Euthyneura Spengel, 1881
Clade: Euopisthobranchia Joerger et al., 2010
Clade: Cephalaspidea Fischer, P., 1883
Superfamily: Philinoidea Gray, 1850
Family: Philinidae Gray, J.E., 1850
Genus: Philine Ascanius, 1772
Species: Philine cf. auriformis Suter, 1909 |
formerly placed in the Order: CEPHALASPIDEA, in the Subclass: OPISTHOBRANCHIA
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Concerning the identification have a look at the Sea Slug Forum:
Philine spp. in California:
http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/philcali
at Gary McDonald's
Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California
as Philine
auriformis Suter,
1909
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