# Fossarina
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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{For|ships named Fossarina|Fossarina (ship)}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Fossarina petterdi (MNHN-IM-2000-31259).jpeg
|image_caption = Shell of ''Fossarina petterdi''
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Fossarina
|authority = [A. Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)) & [Angas](/source/George_French_Angas), 1864[[Adams A.](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)) & [Angas G. F.](/source/George_French_Angas) (1864). ''Proc. zool. Soc. London'' '''1863''': 423.]
|synonyms_ref =
|synonyms = ''Minos'' Hutton, 1884
|type_species = ''Fossarina patula''
|type_species_authority = Adams, A. & G.F. Angas, 1863
}}
'''''Fossarina''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of sea snails, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusc](/source/mollusc)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Trochidae](/source/Trochidae), the top shells.[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Fossarina A. Adams & Angas, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512292 on 2020-11-25]
The genus ''Fossarina'' was moved from the family Fossariidae to the newly created subfamily [Fossarininae](/source/Fossarininae) within the family Trochidae by Williams et al. in 2010.[Williams S. T., Donald K. M., Spencer H. G. & Nakano, T. (2010). "Molecular systematics of the marine gastropod families Trochidae and Calliostomatidae (Mollusca: Superfamily Trochoidea)". ''[Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution](/source/Molecular_Phylogenetics_and_Evolution)'' '''54'''(3): 783-809. {{doi|10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.008}}]
==Description==
The shell is auriform, a little depressed and narrowly umbilicated. The [spire](/source/Spire_(mollusc)) is short. The oval [aperture](/source/Aperture_(mollusc)) is oblique. The [lip](/source/Lip_(gastropod))s are rounded. The [operculum](/source/Operculum_(gastropod)) is multispiral.[[https://archive.org/details/manualconch09tryorich Tryon (1887), Manual of Conchology IX – Solariidae (by William B. Marshall), Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae]]
==Distribution==
This marine genus occurs off [Australia](/source/Australia), [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania) and [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand); in the [East China Sea](/source/East_China_Sea).
==Species==
Species within the genus ''Fossarina'' include:[[http://www.mollusca.co.nz/checklist/checklist_frameset.htm NZ Mollusca] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221053405/http://www.mollusca.co.nz/checklist/checklist_frameset.htm |date=February 21, 2007 }}][[Powell A W B](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), ''New Zealand Mollusca'', [William Collins Publishers Ltd](/source/HarperCollins), Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}]
* ''[Fossarina legrandi](/source/Fossarina_legrandi)'' Petterd, 1879
* ''[Fossarina patula](/source/Fossarina_patula)'' [A. Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)) & [Angas](/source/George_French_Angas), 1863
* ''[Fossarina petterdi](/source/Fossarina_petterdi)'' Crosse, 1870
* ''[Fossarina picta](/source/Fossarina_picta)'' A. Adams, 1867
* ''[Fossarina reedi](/source/Fossarina_reedi)'' (Verco, 1907)
* ''[Fossarina rimata](/source/Fossarina_rimata)'' ([Hutton](/source/Frederick_Hutton_(scientist)), 1884)
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also mentions the following species:[[http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/search?taxon=Fossarina&author=&year=&Search=Search&mode=search OBIS ; Fossarina]]
* ''[Fossarina mariei](/source/Fossarina_mariei)'' (P. Fischer, 1890)
* ''[Fossarina variegata](/source/Fossarina_variegata)'' (A. Adams, 1855)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Fossarina brazieri'' [Angas](/source/George_French_Angas), 1871: synonym of ''[Fossarina patula](/source/Fossarina_patula)'' [A. Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)) & [Angas](/source/George_French_Angas), 1863
* ''Fossarina funiculata'' Tenison-Woods, 1880: synonym of ''[Fossarina patula](/source/Fossarina_patula)'' [A. Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)) & [Angas](/source/George_French_Angas), 1863
* ''Fossarina hoffmeisteri'' Ladd, 1966: synonym of ''[Calliotrochus marmoreus](/source/Calliotrochus_marmoreus)'' (Pease, 1861)
* ''Fossarina mutabilis'' May W.L., 1909: synonym of ''[Risellopsis mutabilis](/source/Risellopsis_mutabilis)'' May, 1909
* ''Fossarina reedi'' (Verco, 1907): synonym of ''[Minopa reedi](/source/Minopa_reedi)'' (Verco, 1907)
* ''Fossarina simpsoni'' Tenison-Woods, 1876: synonym of ''[Fossarina petterdi](/source/Fossarina_petterdi)'' Crosse, 1870
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070525105510/http://data.acnatsci.org/obis/search.php/6409 OBIS]
* [Suter, H.](/source/Henry_Suter), 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.
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Category:Fossarina
Category:Trochidae
Category:Gastropod genera
Category:Taxa named by Arthur Adams (zoologist)
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