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Philine laevissima
M. Sars, 1859
AphiaID
509616
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:509616)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Heterobranchia
Euthyneura
Tectipleura
Cephalaspidea
Philinoidea
Philinidae
Philininae
Philine
Philine laevissima
Status
uncertain >
nomen dubium
(dubious synonym)
Accepted name
Philine confusa
Ohnheiser & Malaquias, 2013
accepted as
Laona confusa
(Ohnheiser & Malaquias, 2013)
Rank
Species
Parent
Philine
Ascanius, 1772
Original name
Philine laevissima
M. Sars, 1859
Environment
marine,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Original description
Sars, M. (1859). Bidrag til en skildring af den arktiske molluskfauna ved Norges nordlige kyst. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1858: 34-87.
,
available online at
http://books.google.es/books?id=mCkrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34
,
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60182000
page(s): 85
[details]
Taxonomic citation
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase.
Philine laevissima
M. Sars, 1859. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=509616 on 2026-07-16
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Philine laevissima
M. Sars, 1859. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=509616 on 2026-07-16
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2010-08-25 10:30:07Z
created
Tran, Bastien
2014-01-31 07:34:01Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2018-11-02 18:07:48Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2022-08-16 14:03:08Z
changed
Neubauer, Thomas A.
2022-08-16 19:05:45Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
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Sources (2)
Links (1)
original description
Sars, M. (1859). Bidrag til en skildring af den arktiske molluskfauna ved Norges nordlige kyst. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1858: 34-87.
,
available online at
http://books.google.es/books?id=mCkrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34
,
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60182000
page(s): 85
[details]
source of synonymy
Schiøtte T. (1998) A taxonomic revision of the genus <i>Diaphana</i> Brown, 1827, including a discussion of the phylogeny and zoogeography of the genus (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). <i>Steenstrupia</i> 24(1): 77-140.
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