''Pisulina'' is a

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of submarine cave

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s, marine

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s in the

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Neritiliidae Neritiliidae is a family of submarine cave snails,Kano Y. & Kase T. (2008). "Diversity and distributions of the submarine-cave Neritiliidae in the Indo-Pacific (Gastropoda: Neritimorpha)". '' Organisms Diversity & Evolution'' 8(1): 22-43. marin ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Pisulina'' include: * '' Pisulina adamsiana'' G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869 * '' Pisulina biplicata'' Thiele, 1925 * '' Pisulina maxima'' Kano & Kase, 2000 * † '' Pisulina subpacifica'' Ladd, 1966 * '' Pisulina tenuis'' Kano & Kase, 2000

References

External links

Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. (1869). Descriptions of marine Gastropoda from Ceylon, etc. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 38(2): 157-164, pl. 17

Kano, Y.; Kase, T. (2000). Taxonomic revision of Pisulina (Gastropoda; Neritopsina) from submarine caves in the tropical Indo-Pacific. Paleontological Research. 4(2): 107-129

Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23
Neritiliidae {{Neritiliidae-stub