Photinula

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Calliostomatidae Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Trochoidea Subfamily Calliostomatinae

Similar Otukaia, Calliostomatidae, Cantharidus, Pareuthria

Photinula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae.

Species

Species within the genus Photinula include:

Photinula blakei (Clench & Aguayo, 1938)

Photinula coerulescens King and Broderip, 1831

Photinula crawshayi E. A. Smith, 1905

Photinula lahillei Ihering, 1902

Photinula roseolineata E. A. Smith, 1905

Species brought into synonymy

Photinula achilles Strebel, 1908: synonym of Margarella achilles (Strebel, 1908)

Photinula antipoda (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854): synonym of Cantharidus antipoda antipoda (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)

Photinula decepta Odhner, N.H.J., 1924: synonym of Cantharidus antipoda antipoda (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)

Photinula expansa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1838): synonym of Margarella expansa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1838)

Photinula steineni Strebel, 1905: synonym of Margarella steineni (Strebel, 1905)

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