Pseudopusula Explained

Pseudopusula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Pseudopusula are as follows:

• Pseudopusula africana (F. A. Schilder, 1931)
• Pseudopusula antillarum (Schilder, 1922)
• Pseudopusula californiana (Gray, 1827)
• Pseudopusula campus (C. N. Cate, 1979)
• † Pseudopusula canariensis (Rothpletz & Simonelli, 1890)
• Pseudopusula circumdata (F. A. Schilder, 1931)
• † Pseudopusula floridana (Olsson & Harbison, 1953)
• Pseudopusula fusca (Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• Pseudopusula galapagensis (Melvill, 1900)
• Pseudopusula geigeri Fehse & Grego, 2014
• Pseudopusula gerberi Fehse & Grego, 2020
• Pseudopusula grohorum (Fehse & Grego, 2008)
• † Pseudopusula incomparabilis (Fehse, 2013)
• † Pseudopusula jozefgregoi (Fehse, 2011)
• † Pseudopusula parcicosta (Reiss, 1862)
• † Pseudopusula permixta (de Cristofori & Jan, 1832)
• Pseudopusula peruviana Fehse & Grego, 2020
• † Pseudopusula praecursor Fehse & Grego, 2014
• Pseudopusula problematica (F. A. Schilder, 1931)
• Pseudopusula rota (Weinkauff, 1881)
• Pseudopusula rubescens (J. E. Gray, 1833)
• Pseudopusula sanguinea (Sowerby, 1832)
• Pseudopusula spongicola (Monterosato, 1923)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Pseudopusula depauperata (Sowerby, 1832): synonym of Discotrivia depauperata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Pseudopusula Fehse & Grego, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833538 on 2015-02-18