Pusula

Pusula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[1][2]

This article is about the snail genus. For the municipality of Finland, see Nummi-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

Type species
Cypraea radians
Lamarck, 1810
Synonyms[1]

Discotrivia Cate, 1979

Species

Species within the genus Pusula include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • † Pusula andersoni Petuch & Drohlshagen, 2011: synonym of † Pusula lindajoyceae Petuch, 1994
  • Pusula bermontiana (Petuch, 1994): synonym of Pusula pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pusula californiana (Gray, 1827): synonym of Pseudopusula californiana (Gray, 1827)
  • Pusula californica (Sowerby, 1832): synonym of Pseudopusula californiana (Gray, 1827)
  • Pusula calusa Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011: synonym of † Pusula dalli (Petuch, 1994)
  • Pusula campus Cate, 1979: synonym of Niveria campus (Cate, 1979)
  • Pusula candidula (Gaskoin, 1835):[4] synonym of Trivia candidula (Gaskoin, 1836)
  • Pusula carabus Cate, 1979: synonym of Niveria carabus (Cate, 1979)
  • Pusula cherobia Cate, 1979: synonym of Niveria cherobia (Cate, 1979)
  • Pusula crovoae Olsson, 1967: synonym of † Pusula orientalis Schilder, 1939
  • Pusula depauperata (Sowerby, 1832): synonym of Pseudopusula depauperata (Sowerby, 1832)
  • Pusula janae Lorenz, 2001:[5] synonym of Dolichupis janae (Lorenz, 2001)
  • Pusula juyingae Petuch & Sargent, 2011: synonym of Pusula labiosa (Gaskoin, 1836)
  • Pusula leucosphaera Schilder, 1931: synonym of Dolichupis leucosphaera (Schilder, 1931)
  • Pusula loochooensis Cate, 1979: synonym of Pseudopusula californiana (Gray, 1827)
  • Pusula macaeica Fehse & Grego, 2005:[6] synonym of Niveria macaeica (Fehse & Grego, 2005)
  • Pusula maltbiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942):[7] synonym of Niveria maltbiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942)
  • Pusula olssoni Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011 †: synonym of † Pusula orientalis Schilder, 1939
  • Pusula pacei (Petuch, 1987): synonym of Pusula cimex (Sowerby, 1870)
  • Pusula padreserrai Cate, 1979: synonym of Pusula solandri (Sowerby, 1832)
  • Pusula pygmaea Schilder, 1931: synonym of Cleotrivia pygmaea (Schilder, 1931)
  • Pusula rubinicolor (Gaskoin, 1836): synonym of Dolichupis rubinicolor (Gaskoin, 1836)

References
  1. 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. Fehse, D.; Grego, J. (2014). Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XXVIII. Revision of the genus Pusula Jousseaume, 1884 with the description of new genera and new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Published by the authors. pp. 1–144. ISBN 9788081540820.
  3. Pusula pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  4. Pusula candida (Gaskoin, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  5. Pusula janae Lorenz, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  6. Pusula macaeica Fehse & Grego, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  7. Pusula maltbiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Fehse D. (2002) "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) V. Kritische Beurteilung der Genera und Beschreibung einer neuen Art der Gattung Semitrivia Cossmann, 1903". Acta Conchyliorum 6: 3-48. page(s): 10
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda


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