''Phosinella'' is a

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Rissoinidae Rissoinidae is a large family (biology), family of Sea snail, sea snails. Members of the Rissoinidae have an operculum and are very small in size. Several genera that were previously part of Rissoinidae have been assigned to the Zebinidae family. ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Phosinella'' include: * † '' Phosinella alexisi'' (Ladd, 1966) *'' Phosinella allanae'' (Laseron, 1950) *'' Phosinella angusta'' (Laseron, 1956) * '' Phosinella apicina'' (Laseron, 1956) * † '' Phosinella awana'' (Yokoyama, 1924) *'' Phosinella bellula'' (A. Adams, 1851) * † '' Phosinella briggsi'' (Ladd, 1966) * '' Phosinella caelata'' (Laseron, 1956) *'' Phosinella cancellata'' (Philippi, 1847) * '' Phosinella cancellina'' (Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2010) *'' Phosinella cartieri'' (Hornung & Mermod, 1929)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. *'' Phosinella clathrata'' (A. Adams, 1853) * † '' Phosinella collinsii'' (Gabb, 1881) *'' Phosinella cyatha'' (Laseron, 1956) * '' Phosinella decepta'' (Laseron, 1956) *'' Phosinella digera'' (Laseron, 1956) *'' Phosinella dunkeriana'' Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961 *'' Phosinella elevata'' (Laseron, 1956) *'' Phosinella emina'' (Laseron, 1956) *'' Phosinella exasperata'' (Souverbie, 1866) * † '' Phosinella fargoi'' (Olsson & Harbison, 1953) * '' Phosinella fenestrata'' (Schwartz von Mohrenstern, 1860) *'' Phosinella hungerfordiana'' (Weinkauff, 1881) * '' Phosinella hystrix'' (Souverbie, 1877) *'' Phosinella infratincta'' (Garrett, 1873) *'' Phosinella media'' (Schwartz, 1860) *'' Phosinella nitida'' (A. Adams, 1853) *'' Phosinella nodicincta'' (A. Adams, 1853) * † '' Phosinella oncera'' (Woodring, 1957) *'' Phosinella paenula'' (Laseron, 1956) *'' Phosinella phormis'' (Melvill, 1904) * '' Phosinella privati'' (de Folin, 1867) * '' Phosinella proxima'' (Laseron, 1956) * '' Phosinella pulchra'' (C. B. Adams, 1850) * '' Phosinella redferni'' (Espinosa & Ortea, 2002) *'' Phosinella retecosa'' (Thiele, 1925) * '' Phosinella sagraiana'' (d'Orbigny, 1842) *'' Phosinella scabra'' (Garrett, 1873) *'' Phosinella schmackeri'' (Boettger, 1887) *'' Phosinella seguenziana'' (Issel, 1869) *'' Phosinella sincera'' (Melvill & Standen, 1896) * '' Phosinella spinulosa'' Paulmier, 2017 *'' Phosinella sumatrensis'' (Thiele, 1925) *'' Phosinella teres'' (Brazier, 1877) *'' Phosinella ultima'' (Laseron, 1956) *'' Phosinella warnefordiae'' (Preston, 1908) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Phosinella castaneogramma'' ic 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'' ic synonym of ''Phosinella scaba'' (Garrett, 1873) (misspelling)

References

* Iredale, T., 1955

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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.

External links

Mörch, O. A. L. (1876). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum. Malakozoologische Blätter. 23: 45-58, 87-143

Ponder W. F. (1985) A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221
Rissoinidae Gastropod genera {{rissoinidae-stub