Pinufiidae

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.

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.

References

Sea Slug Forum species list

↑ 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.

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[1] Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397.

[Korshunova-2] 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.