Pusula

Pusula
A shell of Pusula radians from Nicaragua on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Triviidae
Subfamily: Triviinae
Genus: Pusula
Jousseaume, 1884
Type species
Cypraea radians Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1810
Synonyms[1]

Discotrivia Cate, 1979

Pusula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Pusula include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. 1 2 Pusula Jousseaume, 1884. Gofas, S. (2010). Pusula Jousseaume, 1884. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224908 on 6 August 2012.
  2. Pusula pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  3. Pusula candida (Gaskoin, 1835).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  4. Pusula janae Lorenz, 2001.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  5. Pusula macaeica Fehse & Grego, 2005.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  6. Pusula maltbiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.

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