{"id":24685,"date":"2018-01-26T22:56:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T21:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/?page_id=24685"},"modified":"2022-12-27T22:51:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T21:51:56","slug":"philine-iris","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/en\/guia\/cephalaspidea\/philinoidea\/philine-iris\/","title":{"rendered":"Philine iris"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Philine iris<\/em> Tringali, 2001<\/h3>\n

\"Philine<\/div>
Philine iris @ Granada, Spain<\/em> by Luis S\u00e1nchez-Tocino<\/center><\/span>

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WoRMS Taxonomic Information<\/h3>
Current accepted name: Philine iris<\/em> Tringali, 2001<\/strong><\/div>

Current classification<\/h4>
Superdomain<\/th>Biota<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Kingdom<\/th>Animalia<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Phylum<\/th>Mollusca<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Class<\/th>Gastropoda<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Subclass<\/th>Heterobranchia<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Infraclass<\/th>Euthyneura<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Subterclass<\/th>Tectipleura<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Order<\/th>Cephalaspidea<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Superfamily<\/th>Philinoidea<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Family<\/th>Philinidae<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Subfamily<\/th>Philininae<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Genus<\/th>Philine<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Species<\/th>Philine iris<\/em> Tringali, 2001<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table>

Classification provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). [181200<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Taxonomic note:<\/strong> Philine iris<\/em> was described by Tringali (2001) in northern Morocco, based only on the shell, as no live specimens were found. This incomplete description has made subsequent findings incorrectly cited by other names. It appears illustrated for the first time in the work by Moreno and Templado (1998) on the Spanish southeast, but was cited as Philine sp.<\/em> due to the uncertainties presented by its identification, until Ortea et al. (2003) identified it as P. iris<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Description
\n<\/strong>This species has the body elongated and of small size (up to 5 mm in length). In its rear part, the fine internal shell and internal viscera are visible by transparency, since the shell is not very calcified. The animal is of a characteristic uniform orange color, without spots or marks. The cephalic shield occupies near the anterior half of the body. The foot has lateral extensions or parapods that do not cover either the cephalic shield nor the back of the body, which are exposed. The back of the foot is narrow and rounded, located between the two posterior lobes, which can be seen when the animal is moving. The internal shell is globose, has few turns and has a large opening. It has small holes or marks that form simple lines at the beginning of the spire, becoming rows of chains visible as growth lines.<\/p>\n

Biology
\n<\/strong>Species of the genus Philine<\/em> inhabit sandy or mud bottoms close to rocks and generally feed on foraminifera and other small invertebrates (Ohnheiser & Malaquias 2013).<\/p>\n

Etymology<\/strong><\/p>\n