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Fossarina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Clade
  
Vetigastropoda

Family
  
Trochidae

Higher classification
  
Trochidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Scientific name
  
Fossarina

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Trochidae, Gastropods, Lirularia, Molluscs, Ethminolia

Fossarina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top shells.

Contents

The genus Fossarina was moved from the family Fossariidae to the newly created subfamily Fossarininae within the family Trochidae by Williams et al. in 2010.

Description

The shell is auriform, a little depressed and narrowly umbilicated. The spire is short. The oval aperture is oblique. The lips are rounded. The operculum is multispiral.

Distribution

This marine genus occurs off Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand; in the East China Sea.

Species

Species within the genus Fossarina include:

  • Fossarina patula A. Adams & Angas, 1863
  • Fossarina petterdi Crosse, 1870
  • Fossarina picta A. Adams, 1867
  • Fossarina rimata (Hutton, 1884)

    • The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also mentions the following species:

  • Fossarina mariei (P. Fischer, 1890)
  • Fossarina variegata (A. Adams, 1855)
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Fossarina brazieri Angas, 1871: synonym of Fossarina patula A. Adams & Angas, 1863
  • Fossarina funiculata Tenison-Woods, 1880: synonym of Fossarina patula A. Adams & Angas, 1863
  • Fossarina hoffmeisteri Ladd, 1966: synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861)
  • Fossarina legrandi Petterd, 1879: synonym of Minopa legrandi Petterd, W.F., 1879
  • Fossarina mutabilis May W.L., 1909: synonym of Risellopsis mutabilis May, 1909
  • Fossarina reedi (Verco, 1907): synonym of Minopa reedi (Verco, 1907)
  • Fossarina simpsoni Tenison-Woods, 1876: synonym of Fossarina petterdi Crosse, 1870

    • References

    Fossarina Wikipedia
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