''Pusula'' is a
genus
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of small
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Triviidae
Triviidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea of the order Littorinimorpha. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Triviidae Troschel, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of ...
, the false cowries or trivias.
Species
Species within the genus ''Pusula'' include:
*
† ''
Pusula alienigena''
Schilder, 1928
* ''
Pusula bessei''
Petuch, 2013
* ''
Pusula cimex''
( Sowerby, 1870)
* ''
Pusula costipunctata''
( Sowerby, 1870)
*
† ''
Pusula dadeensis''
Petuch, 1994
*
† ''
Pusula dalli''
(Petuch, 1994)
*
† ''
Pusula densistans''
Fehse & Grego, 2014
* ''
Pusula elsiae''
(Howard & Sphon, 1960) (nomen dubium)
* ''
Pusula garciai''
Fehse & Grego, 2014
*
† ''
Pusula guppyi''
Schilder, 1939
* ''
Pusula hybrida''
( Schilder, 1931)
* ''
Pusula labiosa''
(Gaskoin, 1836)
* ''
Pusula lindajoyceae''
Petuch, 1994
*
† ''
Pusula miamiensis''
Petuch, 1991
*
† ''
Pusula orientalis''
Schilder, 1939
* ''
Pusula pediculus''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758)
*
† ''
Pusula permagna''
(Johnson
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, 1910)
*
† ''
Pusula platyventer''
Fehse & Grego, 2014
* ''
Pusula pullata''
( Sowerby, 1870)
* ''
Pusula radians''
(Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolo ...
, 1810)
* ''
Pusula solandri''
( Sowerby, 1832)
*
† ''
Pusula subpediculus''
(Sacco, 1894)
;Species brought into synonymy:
*
† ''Pusula andersoni''
Petuch & Drohlshagen, 2011: synonym of
† ''
Pusula lindajoyceae''
Petuch, 1994
* ''Pusula bermontiana''
(Petuch, 1994): synonym of ''
Pusula pediculus''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758)
* ''Pusula californiana''
(Gray
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, 1827): synonym of ''
Pseudopusula californiana''
(Gray
Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...
, 1827)
* ''Pusula californica''
( Sowerby, 1832): synonym of ''
Pseudopusula californiana''
(Gray
Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...
, 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): 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: 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
Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...
, 1827)
* ''Pusula macaeica''
Fehse & Grego, 2005: synonym of ''
Niveria macaeica''
(Fehse & Grego, 2005)
* ''Pusula maltbiana''
(Schwengel & McGinty, 1942):
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
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . 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
External links
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Triviidae
{{Triviidae-stub