Pluscula

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Pluscula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Philinoglossidae
Genus: Pluscula
Er. Marcus, 1953 [1]
Species:
P. cuica
Binomial name
Pluscula cuica
Er. Marcus, 1953

Pluscula is a genus of marine snails, gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Philinoidea [2] within the clade Cephalaspidea. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Pluscula cuica. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs off Sao Paulo, Brazil. [4]

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References

  1. Marcus E. (1953). Bol. Fac. Filos. Cienc. S. Paulo. (Zool.)18: 176–181.
  2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
  3. "Pluscula Er. Marcus, 1953". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  4. "Pluscula cuica Er. Marcus, 1953". Malacolog Version 4.1.1. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. accessed 26 December 2010.