Biology:Photinula coerulescens

Short description: Species of gastropod

Photinula coerulescens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:	Calliostomatinae
Genus:	Photinula
Species:	P. coerulescens
Binomial name
Photinula coerulescens (King & Broderip, 1832)
Synonyms
Margarita coerulescens P. P. King, 1832 (original combination) Margarita maxima Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (treated by P. Fischer as a secondary homonym of Trochus maximus Koch, 1844; Trochus hombroni is a replacement name) Photinula couteaudi Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 Trochus hombroni P. Fischer, 1878 Trochus lineatus Philippi, 1845 (not Trochus lineatus da Costa, 1778)

Photinula coerulescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 22.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Patagonia.

References

• Hombron J.B. & Jacquinot H. (1848 [November]). Atlas d'Histoire Naturelle. Zoologie par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot, chirurgiens de l'expédition. in: Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 sous le commandement de M. Dumont-D'Urville capitaine de vaisseau publié sous les auspices du département de la marine et sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de Vaisseau, commandant de La Zélée. Vingt-cinquiéme livraison. Mollusques pls 14, 16, 19, 22; Insectes lépidoptéres pl. 3.

External links

• King, P.P. (1832) Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego. Zoological Journal, 5: 332-349
• Rochebrune A.T. de & Mabille J. (1889). Mollusques. in: Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn 1882-1883. Tome 6 (Zoologie 2, part 8). Paris, Gauthiers-Villars. H.1-H.129, pls. 1-8
• Philippi, (R.) A. (1845). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 11: 50-71
• Fischer, P. (1875–1880). Genres Calcar, Trochus, Xenophora, Tectarius et Risella. In: Kiener, L. C. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes.... Paris: J-B. Baillère et fils, Vol. 11. Pp. i–iii, 1–480, pls 1–120
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• To Encyclopedia of Life
• To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
• To World Register of Marine Species

Wikidata ☰ Q7187630 entry