Pseudopusula antillarum

Pseudopusula antillarum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Triviidae
Genus:	Pseudopusula
Species:	P. antillarum
Binomial name
Pseudopusula antillarum (Schilder, 1922)
Synonyms [1]
Cleotrivia antillarum(Schilder, 1922) Cypraea pullaGaskoin, 1846 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cypraea pulla Gmelin, 1791) Cypraea subrostrata Gray, 1827 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cypraea subrostrata Gray, 1824) Cypraea triticea Blainville, 1826 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cypraera triticea Lamarck, 1810) Trivia antillarumSchilder, 1922 (basionym)

Pseudopusula antillarum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or Cleotrivias. ^[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 6 mm. ^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 9 m. ^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 525 m. ^[2]

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pseudopusula antillarum (Schilder, 1922). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1026128 on 2020-08-20
2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .

• Fehse D. & Grego J. (2017). Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae, XXXV. A new species in the genus Cleotrivia Iredale, 1930 from the Galápagos Archipelago (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Conchylia. 48(1-2): 3-7

External links

• Schilder F.A. (1922). Contributions to the knowledge of the genera Cypraea and Trivia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 15: 98-122