''Pseudopusula californiana'',
common name
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the "coffee bean trivia", is a
species of small
sea snail
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, a
marine
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gastropod
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mollusk in the
family Triviidae, the trivias.
[Bouchet, P. (2015). Pseudopusula californiana (Gray, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833539 on 2015-02-18]
References
* Fehse D. & Grego J. (2014). ''Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XXVIII. Revision of the genus Pusula Jousseaume, 1884 with the description of new genera and new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda).'' Published by the authors. 144 pp.
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Triviidae
Gastropods described in 1827
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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