Osilinus

Osilinus
Osilinus
two Osilinus lineatus in the centre of the photo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Monodontinae
Genus: Osilinus
Philippi, 1847
Type species
Trochus turbinatus Born, 1778
Synonyms[1]
  • Monodonta (Osilinus) Philippi, 1847
  • Trochocochlea Mörch, 1852

Osilinus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Osilinus include:

References

  1. ^ a b {{WRMS species|138594|Osilinus Philippi, 1847||16 March 2011}
  2. ^ Osilinus articulatus (Lamarck, 1822).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141825 on 1 May 2010.
  3. ^ Osilinus atratus (Wood, 1828).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141826 on 1 May 2010.
  4. ^ Osilinus lineatus (da Costa, 1778).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141827 on 1 May 2010.
  5. ^ Osilinus sauciatus (Koch, 1845).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141828 on 1 May 2010.
  6. ^ Osilinus turbinatus (Von Born, 1778).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141829 on 1 May 2010.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  • Donald K.M., Kennedy M. & Spencer H.G. (2005) The phylogeny and taxonomy of austral monodontine topshells (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), inferred from DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 474-483
  • Williams S.T., Donald K.M., Spencer H.G. & Nakano T. (2010) Molecular systematics of the marine gastropod families Trochidae and Calliostomatidae (Mollusca: Superfamily Trochoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54:783-809

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