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:
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also mentions the following species:
Species brought into synonymy:
- Fossarina brazieri <small>Angas, 1871</small>: synonym of Fossarina patula <small>A. Adams & Angas, 1863</small>
- Fossarina funiculata <small>Tenison-Woods, 1880</small>: synonym of Fossarina patula <small>A. Adams & Angas, 1863</small>
- Fossarina hoffmeisteri <small>Ladd, 1966</small>: synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus <small>(Pease, 1861)</small>
- Fossarina mutabilis <small>May W.L., 1909</small>: synonym of Risellopsis mutabilis <small>May, 1909</small>
- Fossarina reedi <small>(Verco, 1907)</small>: synonym of Minopa reedi <small>(Verco, 1907)</small>
- Fossarina simpsoni <small>Tenison-Woods, 1876</small>: synonym of Fossarina petterdi <small>Crosse, 1870</small>
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.