{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |fossil_range = |image = Amathina tricarinata 002.jpg |image_caption = Lateral view of a shell of ''Amathina tricarinata'' |taxon = Amathina |authority = Gray, 1842<ref>Gray (1842). ''Syn. cont. Brit. Mus.'', ed. 44: 63.</ref> |type_species= ''Patella tricarinata'' <small>Linnaeus, 1767</small> |synonyms= |display_parents= 3 }}
'''''Amathina''''' is a genus of small sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Amathinidae.<ref name="WoRMS">WoRMS (2010). ''Amathina'' Gray, 1842. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181104 on 2011-03-15</ref>
''Amathina'' is the type genus of the family Amathinidae.<ref>{{Bouchet 2005}}</ref>
== Species == Species within the genus ''Amathina'' include: * ''Amathina oyamai'' <small>Masuda & H. Noda, 1976</small> * ''Amathina tricarinata'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small><ref>Gofas, S. (2010). ''Amathina tricarinata'' (Linnaeus, 1767). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181105 on 2011-03-15</ref> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Amathina angustata'' <small>Souverbie, 1875</small>: synonym of ''Amathina tricarinata'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small> * ''Amathina bicarinata'' <small>Pease, 1861</small>: synonym of ''Trichamathina bicarinata'' <small>(Pease, 1861)</small> (superseded combination) * ''Amathina imbricata'' <small>G. B. Sowerby III, 1889</small>: synonym of ''Hipponicidae incertae sedis imbricata'' <small>G. B. Sowerby III, 1889</small> (not ''Amathina'', but rather Hipponicidae) * ''Amathina nobilis'' <small>A. Adams, 1867</small>: synonym of ''Trichamathina nobilis'' <small>(A. Adams, 1867)</small> * ''Amathina tricostata'' <small>(Gmelin, 1790)</small>:<ref>WoRMS (2010). ''Amathina tricostata'' <small>(Gmelin, 1790)</small>. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215181 on 2011-03-15</ref> synonym of ''Amathina tricarinata'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small> * ''Amathina trigona'' <small>G. B. Sowerby II, 1870</small>: synonym of ''Amathina bicarinata'' <small>Pease, 1861</small> * ''Amathina violacea'' <small>(Angas, 1867)</small>: synonym of ''Capulus violaceus'' <small>Angas, 1867</small> * ''Amathina violaceus'' <small>(Angas, 1867)</small>: synonym of ''Amathina violacea'' <small>(Angas, 1867)</small>: synonym of ''Capulus violaceus'' <small>Angas, 1867</small> (incorrect gender ending)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223191732/http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ |date=2021-12-23 }}
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Category:Amathinidae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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