''Pseudoliva'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Pseudolividae
Pseudolividae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Olivoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pseudolividae de Gregorio, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
.
''Pseudoliva'' is the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
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of that family.
Description
The ovate shell is solid and subglobose. The
spire
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is very short. The suture is slightly channelled. The
whorl
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In nature
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s are tumid round the upper part. The
aperture
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is oval. The
siphonal canal
The siphonal canal is an anatomical feature of the shells of certain groups of sea snails within the clade Neogastropoda. Some sea marine gastropods have a soft tubular anterior extension of the mantle called a siphon through which water i ...
is very short. The inner
lip
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is arcuated, with a callosity at the hind part. The outer lip is thin, furnished at the fore part with a small tooth or callosity.
Species
Species within the genus ''Pseudoliva'' include:
* ''
Pseudoliva aikeni''
D. Monsecour & K. Monsecour, 2023
* ''
Pseudoliva ancilla''
Hanley, 1860
* † ''
Pseudoliva binodosa''
Traub, 1938
* † ''
Pseudoliva bocaserpentis''
Maury, 1912
* ''
Pseudoliva crassa
''Pseudoliva crassa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
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''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* † ''
Pseudoliva dudariensis''
(Strausz, 1966)
* † ''
Pseudoliva fissurata''
(Deshayes, 1835)
* † ''
Pseudoliva globosa''
Garvie, 2013
* † ''
Pseudoliva laudunensis''
(Defrance, 1826)
* † ''
Pseudoliva mutabilis''
H. Woods, 1922
* † ''
Pseudoliva obtusa''
(Deshayes, 1835)
* † ''
Pseudoliva ostrarupis''
G. D. Harris, 1895
* † ''
Pseudoliva santander''
Gardner, 1945
* † ''
Pseudoliva scalina''
Heilprin, 1881
* ''
Pseudoliva sepimentum''
(Rang, 1832)
* † ''
Pseudoliva tuberculifera''
Conrad, 1860
;Synonyms:
* † ''Pseudoliva antiqua''
Vincent, 1878: synonym of † ''
Fusulculus antiquus''
(Vincent, 1878) (original combination)
* † ''Pseudoliva chavani''
Glibert, 1973: synonym of † ''
Fusulculus multinodulosus''
(Vermeij, 1998) (invalid: junior homonym of ''Pseudoliva chavani''
Tessier, 1952; ''Sulcobuccinum multinodulosum'' is a replacement name)
* ''Pseudoliva kellettii''
A. Adams, 1855: synonym of ''
Macron aethiops
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''
(Reeve, 1847)
* † ''Pseudoliva koeneni''
Ravn, 1939: synonym of † ''
Fusulculus koeneni''
(Ravn, 1939) (original combination)
* ''Pseudoliva livida''
A. Adams, 1855: synonym of ''
Macron lividus''
(A. Adams, 1855)
* † ''Pseudoliva monilis''
Olsson, 1928: synonym of † ''
Sulcoliva monilis''
(Olsson, 1928) (original combination)
* ''Pseudoliva plumbea'' Chemnitz: synonym of ''Pseudoliva crassa'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* † ''Pseudoliva pusilla''
von Koenen, 1885: synonym of † ''
Fusulculus koeneni''
(Ravn, 1939) (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Fusulculus pusillus)
* † ''Pseudoliva rosenkrantzi''
Traub, 1979: synonym of † ''
Fusulculus rosenkrantzi''
(Traub, 1979) (original combination)
* ''Pseudoliva stereoglypta''
G. B. Sowerby III, 1882: synonym of ''
Macron wrightii''
H. Adams, 1865
* ''Pseudoliva striatula''
A. Adams, 1855: synonym of ''Pseudoliva crassa''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Pseudoliva zebrina''
Adams, 1855:
synonym of ''
Luizia zebrina''
(A. Adams, 1855)
References
* Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola.
hells and molluscs of Angola Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date.
External links
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 ppSowerby, G. B. III. (1890). Further notes on marine shells of South Africa, with descriptions of new species. Journal of Conchology. 6(4): 147-159, pl. 3 Vermeij G. (1998). ''Generic revision of the neogastropod family Pseudolividae''. The Nautilus 111(2): 53-84
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