Photinula coerulescens

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Phylum:Mollusca
Order:Trochida
Photinula coerulescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Photinula
Species:
P. coerulescens
Binomial name
Photinula coerulescens
(King & Broderip, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Margarita coerulescens P. P. King, 1832 (original combination)
  • Margarita maxima Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (treated by P. Fischer as a secondary homonym of Trochus maximus Koch, 1844; Trochus hombroni is a replacement name)
  • Photinula couteaudi Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889
  • Trochus hombroni P. Fischer, 1878
  • Trochus lineatus Philippi, 1845 (not Trochus lineatus da Costa, 1778)

Photinula coerulescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

The length of the shell attains 22.5 mm.

Distribution

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