Phosinella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the family Rissoinidae.[1]

Phosinella
Phosinella dunkeriana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Phosinella
Mörch, 1876
Type species
Rissoina pulchra
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Phintorene Iredale, 1955
  • Planapexia Laseron, 1956
  • Rissoina (Phosinella) Mörch, 1876

Species

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Species within the genus Phosinella include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Phosinella castaneogramma [sic]: synonym of Rissoina costatogranosa Garrett, 1873 (based on a lapsus)
  • Phosinella conifera (Montagu, 1803): synonym of Rissoina conifera (Montagu, 1803) (Not a Phosinella)
  • Phosinella costatogranosa (Garrett, 1873): synonym of Rissoina costatogranosa Garrett, 1873
  • Phosinella deshayesiana (Récluz, 1843):synonym of Rissoa deshayesiana Récluz, 1843 synonym of Chrysallida excavata (Philippi, 1836): synonym of Folinella excavata (Phillippi, 1836)
  • Phosinella fractura (Laseron, 1956): synonym of Phosinella media (Schwartz von Mohrenstern, 1860) (junior synonym)
  • Phosinella gemmea (Hedley, 1899): synonym of Rissoina gemmea Hedley, 1899
  • Phosinella pura (Gould, 1861): synonym of Phosinella media (Schwartz von Mohrenstern, 1860) (junior synonym)
  • Phosinella scabra [sic]: synonym of Phosinella scaba (Garrett, 1873) (misspelling)

References

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  1. ^ a b Phosinella Mörch, 1876. WoRMS (2010). Phosinella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598013 on 9 June 2013 .
  2. ^ Hornung, A. & Mermod, G. (1929). Mollusques de la Mer Rouge recueillis par A. Issel faisant partie des collections du Musée Civique d’Histoire Naturelle de Génes. Cinquième et dernière partie, Pleurotomidés et Mitridés. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova, 53, 108–121.
  • Iredale, T., 1955 [1953]. Rissoid sectional names. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 74: 81
  • Laseron, C. F. (1956). The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 7 (3): 384-484.
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