Osilinus Explained

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

This genus has become a synonym of Phorcus Risso, 1826^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Osilinus include:

• Osilinus articulatus (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Phorcus articulatus (Lamarck, 1822)
• Osilinus atratus (Wood, 1828): synonym of Phorcus atratus (Wood, 1828)
• Osilinus kotschyi (Philippi, 1849): synonym of Priotrochus kotschyi (Philippi, 1849)
• Osilinus lineatus (da Costa, 1778): synonym of Phorcus lineatus (da Costa, 1778)
• Osilinus mutabilis (Philippi, 1846): synonym of Phorcus mutabilis (Philippi, 1846)
• Osilinus punctulatus (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Phorcus punctulatus (Lamarck, 1822)
• Osilinus sauciatus (Koch, 1845): synonym of Phorcus sauciatus (Koch, 1845)
• Osilinus turbinatus (Von Born, 1778): synonym of Phorcus turbinatus (Born, 1778)

References

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . 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

Notes and References

1. Donald K.M., Preston J., Williams S.T., Reid D.R., Winter D., Alvarez R., Buge B., Hawkins S.J., Templado J. & Spencer H.G. 2012. Phylogenetic relationships elucidate colonization patterns in the intertidal grazers Osilinus Philippi, 1847 and Phorcus Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 62(1): 35–45