Pseudococculinidae

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Pseudococculinidae
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Pseudococculina granulata shell drawing
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Pseudococculinidae
Hickman CS, 1983 [1]

Pseudococculinidae is a family of small sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lepetelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). [2]

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This family has no subfamilies. The species in this family are hermaphroditic. They can be found from sublittoral to hadal depths.

Description

The shells are small (less than 6 mm), thin and translucent. The protoconch shows a long, narrow apical fold. Its microscopic sculpture is smooth with fine threads. The asymmetrical radula shows a broad, rachidian tooth that lacks a cusp, four inner lateral teeth, a large pluricuspid tooth, and numerous marginal teeth.

Soft body: the right tentacle is generally modified into a copulatory organ. [3]

Genera

Genera in the family Pseudococculinidae include:

Synonyms

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Lepetelloidea Superfamily of gastropods

Lepetelloidea is a superfamily of sea snails, small deepwater limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.

Cocculinidae Family of gastropods

Cocculinidae is a family of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamiuly Cocculinoidea.

Caymanabyssiidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the vaude Vetigastropoda.

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<i>Tentaoculus</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Caymanabyssia</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Colotrachelus</i> Genus of gastropods

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Mesopelex is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.

<i>Caymanabyssia sinespina</i> Species of gastropod

Caymanabyssia sinespina is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Caymanabyssiidae, the false limpets.

<i>Colotrachelus hestica</i> Species of gastropod

Colotrachelus hestica is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.

Copulabyssia gradata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.

<i>Notocrater gracilis</i> Species of gastropod

Notocrater gracilis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.

<i>Notocrater ponderi</i> Species of gastropod

Notocrater ponderi is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.

<i>Pseudococculina gregaria</i> Species of gastropod

Pseudococculina gregaria is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.

<i>Tentaoculus haptricola</i> Species of gastropod

Tentaoculus haptricola is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.

Tentaoculus lithodicola is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.

Tentaoculus neolithodicola is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.

Cocculinida Order of gastropods

Cocculinida is an order of deepwater limpets, in the subclass Neomphaliones.

References

  1. ↑ Hickman C. S. 1983. Radular patterns, systematics, diversity, and ecology of deep-sea limpets. The Veliger 26: 73-92.
  2. ↑ Gofas, S. (2012). Pseudococculinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23106 on 2013-02-09
  3. ↑ José H. Leal and M. G. Harasewych, Deepest Atlantic Molluscs: Hadal Limpets (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cocculiniformia) from the Northern Boundary of the Caribbean Plate, Invertebrate Biology, Vol. 118, No. 2 p. 127
  4. ↑ Haszprunar (1988). Zool. Ser.17(2): 177.
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