Fossarina

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Fossarina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top shells. [1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

Distribution

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

Species

Species within the genus Fossarina include:[4][5]

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also mentions the following species:[6]

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Fossarina A. Adams & Angas, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512292 on 2020-11-25
  2. ↑ Williams S. T., Donald K. M., Spencer H. G. & Nakano, T. (2010). "Molecular systematics of the marine gastropod families Trochidae and Calliostomatidae (Mollusca: Superfamily Trochoidea)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54(3): 783-809. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers".
  3. ↑ Tryon (1887), Manual of Conchology IX – Solariidae (by William B. Marshall), Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae
  4. ↑ NZ Mollusca Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  5. ↑ Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Template:ISBN
  6. ↑ OBIS ; Fossarina

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  • OBIS
  • Suter, H., 1913. Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Government Printer, Wellington. xxii 1210 p.
  • Cotton, B.C., 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. South Australian Government Printer, Adelaide. 1-449
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 [31/Dec/1962]. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0.
  • Ladd, H.S., 1966 [31/Dec/1966].Chitons and gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from the western Pacific Islands. United States Geological Survey, Professional Pape, 531:0-0.

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