Pseudopusula antillarum

Pseudopusula antillarum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or Cleotrivias.[1]

Pseudopusula antillarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Velutinoidea
Family:
Triviidae
Genus:
Pseudopusula
Species:
P. antillarum
Binomial name
Pseudopusula antillarum
(Schilder, 1922)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cleotrivia antillarum (Schilder, 1922)
  • Cypraea pulla Gaskoin, 1846 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cypraea pulla Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cypraea subrostrata Gray, 1827 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cypraea subrostrata Gray, 1824)
  • Cypraea triticea Blainville, 1826 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cypraera triticea Lamarck, 1810)
  • Trivia antillarum Schilder, 1922 (basionym)

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 6 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 9 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 525 m.[2]

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pseudopusula antillarum (Schilder, 1922). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1026128 on 2020-08-20
  2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  • Fehse D. & Grego J. (2017). Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae, XXXV. A new species in the genus Cleotrivia Iredale, 1930 from the Galápagos Archipelago (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Conchylia. 48(1-2): 3-7


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