''Pseudopusula antillarum'' is a
species
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of small
sea snail
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, a
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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in the
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Triviidae
Triviidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea of the order Littorinimorpha. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Triviidae Troschel, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
, the false cowries or Cleotrivias.
[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]
Description
The maximum recorded
shell
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length is 6 mm.
[Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". '' PLoS ONE'' 5(1): e8776. .]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 9 m.
Maximum recorded depth is 525 m.
References
* 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
Triviidae
Gastropods described in 1922
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