Fossarina
Genus of gastropods
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Fossarina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top shells.[2]
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| Fossarina | |
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| Shell of Fossarina petterdi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Fossarininae |
| Genus: | Fossarina A. Adams & Angas, 1864[1] |
| Type species | |
| Fossarina patula Adams, A. & G.F. Angas, 1863 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Minos Hutton, 1884 | |
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.[3]
Description
Distribution
This marine genus occurs off Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand; in the East China Sea.
Species
Species within the genus Fossarina include:[5][6]
- Fossarina legrandi Petterd, 1879
- Fossarina patula A. Adams & Angas, 1863
- Fossarina petterdi Crosse, 1870
- Fossarina picta A. Adams, 1867
- Fossarina reedi (Verco, 1907)
- Fossarina rimata (Hutton, 1884)
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also mentions the following species:[7]
- 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 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