Pseudorbis granulum

Pseudorbis granulum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Pseudorbis
Species:	P. granulum
Binomial name
Pseudorbis granulum (Brugnone, 1873)
Synonyms [1]
Archytaea (Pseudorbis) granulumMonterosato, 1884 (family Adeorbidae) Fossarus granulumBrugnone, 1873 (basionym) Vitrinella (Pseudorbis) granulum(Brugnone, 1873) by Thiele, 1929 (family Vitrinellidae)

Pseudorbis granulum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. ^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 0.8 mm and 1.5 mm. The shell is scarcely unibilicated. The aperture is circular. The surface is spirally costate, not cancellated. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is found in the Mediterranean Sea, originally off Sicily and recently off the Alboran Island.

References

1. Pseudorbis granulum (Brugnone, 1873) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 10 April 2012.
2. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

• Rubio F. & Rodriguez Babio C. (1991 ["1990"]) Sobre la posición sistemática de Pseudorbis granulum Brugnone, 1873 (Mollusca, Archeogastropoda, Skeneidae) y descripción de Pseudorbis jameoensis n. sp., procedente de las Islas Canarias. Iberus 9(1–2): 203–207
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

• "Pseudorbis granulum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.