# Photinula

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{{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](/source/Henry_Adams_(zoologist)) & [A. Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 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](/source/genus) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Calliostomatidae](/source/Calliostomatidae).<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|196991|''Photinula'' Adams, 1854||18 December 2012}}</ref>

==Species==
Species within the genus ''Photinula'' include:
* ''[Photinula coerulescens](/source/Photinula_coerulescens)'' <small>King and Broderip, 1831</small>
* ''[Photinula crawshayi](/source/Photinula_crawshayi)'' <small>E. A. Smith, 1905</small>
* ''[Photinula lahillei](/source/Photinula_lahillei)'' <small>Ihering, 1902</small>
* ''[Photinula roseolineata](/source/Photinula_roseolineata)'' <small>E. A. Smith, 1905</small>
* ''[Photinula virginalis](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Carolesia_blakei)'' <small>(Clench & Aguayo, 1938)</small>
* ''Photinula couteaudi'' <small>Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889</small>: synonym of ''[Photinula coerulescens](/source/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](/source/Margarella_expansa)'' <small>(G.B. Sowerby I, 1838)</small>
* ''Photinula gamma'' <small>Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885</small>: synonym of ''[Photinastoma taeniatum](/source/Photinastoma_taeniatum)'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)</small>
* ''Photinula halmyris'' <small>Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885</small>: synonym of ''[Margarella violacea](/source/Margarella_violacea)'' <small>(P. P. King, 1832)</small>
* ''Photinula impervia'' <small>Strebel, 1908</small>: synonym of ''[Lissotesta impervia](/source/Lissotesta_impervia)'' <small>(Strebel, 1908)</small> (original combination)
* ''Photinula paradoxa'' <small>Mabille, 1885</small>: synonym of ''[Photinastoma taeniatum](/source/Photinastoma_taeniatum)'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)</small>
* ''Photinula pruinosa'' <small>Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885</small>: synonym of ''[Margarella pruinosa](/source/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](/source/Margarella_steineni)'' <small>(Strebel, 1905)</small>
* ''Photinula suteri'' <small>E. A. Smith, 1894</small>: synonym of ''[Cantharidus dilatatus](/source/Cantharidus_dilatatus)'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)</small> (junior synonym)
* ''Photinula taeniata'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)</small>: synonym of ''[Photinastoma taeniatum](/source/Photinastoma_taeniatum)'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)</small>
* ''Photinula viaginalis'' <small>Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885</small>: synonym of ''[Photinula virginalis](/source/Photinula_virginalis)'' <small>Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885</small> (incorrect original spelling)
* ''Photinula violacea'' <small>(P. P. King, 1832)</small>: synonym of ''[Margarella violacea](/source/Margarella_violacea)'' <small>(P. P. King, 1832)</small>
* ''Photinula wacei'' <small>Melvill & Standen, 1918</small>: synonym of ''[Margarella wacei](/source/Margarella_wacei)'' <small>(Melvill & Standen, 1918)</small> (original combination)

==References==
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==External links==
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* [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:Taxa named by Arthur Adams (zoologist)
Category:Taxa named by Henry Adams (zoologist)

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