WoRMS taxon details
Fossarina A. Adams & Angas, 1864
512292 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:512292)
accepted
Genus
Fossarina patula A. Adams & Angas, 1864 (type by monotypy)
Fossarina (Fossarina) A. Adams & Angas, 1864 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Minos F. W. Hutton, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Fossarina patula A. Adams & Angas, 1864
- Species Fossarina petterdi Crosse, 1870
- Species Fossarina picta A. Adams, 1867
- Species Fossarina rimata (F. W. Hutton, 1884)
- Species Fossarina lineata G. B. Sowerby III, 1905 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent liteature currently undocumented)
- Subgenus Fossarina (Clydonochilus) P. Fischer, 1890 accepted as Clydonochilus P. Fischer, 1890 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Fossarina (Fossarina) A. Adams & Angas, 1864 accepted as Fossarina A. Adams & Angas, 1864 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Fossarina (Minopa) Iredale, 1924 accepted as Minopa Iredale, 1924 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Fossarina (Minopa) hoffmeisteri Ladd, 1966 accepted as Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861)
- Species Fossarina (Minopa) legrandi Petterd, 1879 accepted as Minopa legrandi (Petterd, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Fossarina (Minopa) reedi (Verco, 1907) accepted as Minopa reedi (Verco, 1907) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Fossarina brazieri Angas, 1871 accepted as Fossarina patula A. Adams & Angas, 1864 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Fossarina funiculata Tenison Woods, 1881 accepted as Fossarina patula A. Adams & Angas, 1864 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Fossarina hoffmeisteri Ladd, 1966 accepted as Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861)
- Species Fossarina legrandi Petterd, 1879 accepted as Minopa legrandi (Petterd, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Fossarina mariei (P. Fischer, 1890) accepted as Clydonochilus mariei P. Fischer, 1890 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Fossarina reedi (Verco, 1907) accepted as Minopa reedi (Verco, 1907) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Fossarina simsoni Tenison Woods, 1876 accepted as Fossarina petterdi Crosse, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Adams, A. & Angas, G. F. (1864). Descriptions of new species of shells from the Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1863): 418-428, pl. 37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681772
page(s): 423. [details]
page(s): 423. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). 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 2026-05-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Adams, A. & Angas, G. F. (1864). Descriptions of new species of shells from the Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1863): 418-428, pl. 37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681772
page(s): 423. [details]
original description (of Minos F. W. Hutton, 1884) Hutton, F.W. (1884). Revision of the recent rhipidoglossate and docoglossate Mollusca of New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 9: 354–378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6602493
page(s): 369 [details]
page(s): 423. [details]
original description (of Minos F. W. Hutton, 1884) Hutton, F.W. (1884). Revision of the recent rhipidoglossate and docoglossate Mollusca of New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 9: 354–378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6602493
page(s): 369 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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| Japanese | チビアシヤ属 | [details] |
