{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon = Photinula |image = Photinula coerulescens (MNHN-IM-2000-31099).jpeg |image_caption = Shell of ''Photinula coerulescens'' |authority = H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 |type_species= ''Margarita coerulescens'' <small>P. P. King, 1832</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = * ''Kingotrochus'' <small>Ihering, 1902</small> * ''Photina'' <small>H. Adams & A. Adams in A. Adams, 1851</small> |display_parents = }}
'''''Photinula''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|196991|''Photinula'' Adams, 1854||18 December 2012}}</ref>
==Species== Species within the genus ''Photinula'' include: * ''Photinula coerulescens'' <small>King and Broderip, 1831</small> * ''Photinula crawshayi'' <small>E. A. Smith, 1905</small> * ''Photinula lahillei'' <small>Ihering, 1902</small> * ''Photinula roseolineata'' <small>E. A. Smith, 1905</small> * ''Photinula virginalis'' <small>Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885</small> ;Taxon inquirendum: * ''Photinula solidula'' <small>J. E. Cooper & Preston, 1910</small> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Photinula achilles'' <small>Strebel, 1908</small>:<ref>{{WRMS species|197367|''Photinula achilles'' Strebel, 1908||22 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''Margarella achilles'' <small>(Strebel, 1908)</small> * ''Photinula antipoda'' <small>(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)</small>: synonym of ''Cantharidus antipoda antipoda'' <small>(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)</small> * ''Photinula blakei'' <small>(Clench & Aguayo, 1938)</small>: synonym of ''Carolesia blakei'' <small>(Clench & Aguayo, 1938)</small> * ''Photinula couteaudi'' <small>Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889</small>: synonym of ''Photinula coerulescens'' <small>(P. P. King, 1832)</small> * ''Photinula decepta'' <small>Odhner, N.H.J., 1924</small>: synonym of ''Cantharidus antipoda antipoda'' <small>(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)</small> * ''Photinula expansa'' <small>(G.B. Sowerby I, 1838)</small>:<ref>{{WRMS species|197368|''Photinula expansa'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1838)||22 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''Margarella expansa'' <small>(G.B. Sowerby I, 1838)</small> * ''Photinula gamma'' <small>Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885</small>: synonym of ''Photinastoma taeniatum'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)</small> * ''Photinula halmyris'' <small>Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885</small>: synonym of ''Margarella violacea'' <small>(P. P. King, 1832)</small> * ''Photinula impervia'' <small>Strebel, 1908</small>: synonym of ''Lissotesta impervia'' <small>(Strebel, 1908)</small> (original combination) * ''Photinula paradoxa'' <small>Mabille, 1885</small>: synonym of ''Photinastoma taeniatum'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)</small> * ''Photinula pruinosa'' <small>Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885</small>: synonym of ''Margarella pruinosa'' <small>(Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885)</small> (original combination) * ''Photinula steineni'' <small>Strebel, 1905</small>:<ref>{{WRMS species|197369|''Photinula steineni'' Strebel, 1905||22 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''Margarella steineni'' <small>(Strebel, 1905)</small> * ''Photinula suteri'' <small>E. A. Smith, 1894</small>: synonym of ''Cantharidus dilatatus'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)</small> (junior synonym) * ''Photinula taeniata'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)</small>: synonym of ''Photinastoma taeniatum'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)</small> * ''Photinula viaginalis'' <small>Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885</small>: synonym of ''Photinula virginalis'' <small>Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885</small> (incorrect original spelling) * ''Photinula violacea'' <small>(P. P. King, 1832)</small>: synonym of ''Margarella violacea'' <small>(P. P. King, 1832)</small> * ''Photinula wacei'' <small>Melvill & Standen, 1918</small>: synonym of ''Margarella wacei'' <small>(Melvill & Standen, 1918)</small> (original combination)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst] * [http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859246 Adams, A. (1853). Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gasteropodous Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 150-192] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15598820 Ihering, H. von. (1902). Die Photinula-Arten der Magellan Strasse. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 34: 97-104] * {{cite journal|last=Linse|first=Katrin|title=Mollusca of the Magellan Region; a checklist of the species and their distribution|journal=Scientia Marina|year=1999|volume=63|issue=1|pages=399–407|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:AFldUzuSHNQJ:scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/viewFile/927/969+%22Photinula+blakei%22&hl=en&gl=be&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgBkms9H5cJC-NTR7HSy7_Nc-FleEA8F58fm0WtdvLjO0e9OlXmgHZ8fnass_AggpC86zfvi1VQ44e6gobJ24d-A7s5UGaV0bDracOL-J677cj_1sRAjwlCznwnGHIeCdl1VXgA&sig=AHIEtbRTbGXhyinkSuZx-ih93U5GV4uceA|access-date=2010-07-11|doi=10.3989/scimar.1999.63s1399|doi-access=free|hdl=1834/17133|hdl-access=free}}
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Category:Calliostomatidae Category:Taxa named by Arthur Adams (zoologist) Category:Taxa named by Henry Adams (zoologist)
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