Photinula

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:

• Photinula blakei (Clench & Aguayo, 1938)
• Photinula coerulescens King and Broderip, 1831
• Photinula crawshayi E. A. Smith, 1905
• Photinula lahillei Ihering, 1902
• Photinula roseolineata E. A. Smith, 1905

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. 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.

External links

• Linse, Katrin (1999). "Mollusca of the Magellan Region; a checklist of the species and their distribution". Scientia Marina. 63 (1): 399–407. doi:10.3989/scimar.1999.63s1399. Retrieved 2010-07-11.