Fossarina

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Fossarina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Superfamily: Trochacea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Fossarina
Adams and Angas, 1864
Species

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Fossarina is a genus of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Trochidae, the top shells.

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[edit] Distribution

This genus is endemic to south east Australia and northern New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

Species in this genus are found in the tidal zone.

[edit] Shell description

These top shells are small, auriform, with a very large oval aperture. The operculum is horny, circular, and multispiral. The radula is similar to that of the genus Cantharidus.

[edit] Species

  • Fossarina brazieri Angas, 1871
  • Fossarina funiculata Tenison-Woods, 1880
  • Fossarina hoffmeisteri Ladd,1966
  • Fossarina patula Adams & Angas, 1863
  • Fossarina petterdi Crosse, 1870
  • Fossarina rimata (Hutton, 1884)
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