Photinula

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Photinula
Photinula blakei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Photinula
Adams, 1854
Synonyms[1]
  • Kingotrochus Ihering, 1902
  • Photina H. Adams & A. Adams in A. Adams, 1851

Photinula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Photinula include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Photinula achilles Strebel, 1908:[2] 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):[3] synonym of Margarella expansa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1838)
  • Photinula steineni Strebel, 1905:[4] synonym of Margarella steineni (Strebel, 1905)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Photinula Adams, 1854.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 December 2012.
  2. Photinula achilles Strebel, 1908.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  3. Photinula expansa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1838).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  4. Photinula steineni Strebel, 1905.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.

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