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Photinula

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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderTrochida
  5. FamilyCalliostomatidae
Habitatmarine

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Specimen records
22
With media
5
Family
Calliostomatidae
Collections
RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, ANSP, USNM, SBMNH, NRM, NHMUK
Recorded in
Argentina, Australia, Chile, South Africa

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

==Species== Species within the genus Photinula include: Photinula coerulescens King and Broderip, 1831 Photinula crawshayi E. A. Smith, 1905 Photinula lahillei Ihering, 1902 Photinula roseolineata E. A. Smith, 1905 Photinula virginalis Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885 Taxon inquirendum: Photinula solidula J. E. Cooper & Preston, 1910 Species brought into synonymy: Photinula achilles Strebel, 1908: synonym of Margarella achilles (Strebel, 1908) Photinula antipoda (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854): synonym of Cantharidus antipoda antipoda (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854) Photinula blakei (Clench & Aguayo, 1938): synonym of Carolesia blakei (Clench & Aguayo, 1938) Photinula couteaudi Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889: synonym of Photinula coerulescens (P. P. King, 1832) Photinula decepta Odhner, N.H.J., 1924: synonym of Cantharidus antipoda antipoda (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854) Photinula expansa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1838): synonym of Margarella expansa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1838) Photinula gamma Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885: synonym of Photinastoma taeniatum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Photinula halmyris Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885: synonym of Margarella violacea (P. P. King, 1832) Photinula impervia Strebel, 1908: synonym of Lissotesta impervia (Strebel, 1908) (original combination) Photinula paradoxa Mabille, 1885: synonym of Photinastoma taeniatum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Photinula pruinosa Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885: synonym of Margarella pruinosa (Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885) (original combination) Photinula steineni Strebel, 1905: synonym of Margarella steineni (Strebel, 1905) Photinula suteri E. A. Smith, 1894: synonym of Cantharidus dilatatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) (junior synonym) Photinula taeniata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825): synonym of Photinastoma taeniatum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Photinula viaginalis Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885: synonym of Photinula virginalis Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885 (incorrect original spelling) Photinula violacea (P. P. King, 1832): synonym of Margarella violacea (P. P. King, 1832) Photinula wacei Melvill & Standen, 1918: synonym of Margarella wacei (Melvill & Standen, 1918) (original combination)

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