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

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




References



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.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Fossarina
• Fossarina (ship)
• Fossarina picta
• Fossarina rimata
• Fossarina petterdi
• Fossarina patula
• Fossarina reedi
• Fossarina legrandi
• Calliotrochus marmoreus
• Minopa