Pseudostomatella

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Pseudostomatella
Apertural view of a shell of Pseudostomatella elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Stomatellinae
Genus: Pseudostomatella
Thiele, 1921
Type species
Turbo papyraceus Gmelin, 1791

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

Distribution

This marine genus has a wide distribution. The species occur in the Central and East Indian Ocean, Indo-Malaysia and off Australia

Species

Species within the genus Pseudostomatella include:[1]

The following species are also mentioned in the database Gastropods.com :[5]

  • Pseudostomatella baconi (Adams, A. in Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1854)
  • Pseudostomatella clathratula (Adams, A. in Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1854)
  • Pseudostomatella elegans Gray, 1847 [6]
  • Pseudostomatella maculata (Quoy, H.E.T. & J.P. Gaimard, 1834) [7]
Species brought into synonymy

References

  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

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