Pusillina tumidula explained

Pusillina tumidula is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in Arctic waters off the White Sea and the Okhotsk Sea.

References

• Scarlato, O. A. (1987). Mollyuski Belogo Morya [Molluscs of the White Sea]. Opredeliteli po faune SSSR. 151: 11-324.
• 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

• Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania, xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII.
• Friele, H. (1879). Catalog der auf der norwegischen Nordmeer-Expedition bei Spitzbergen gefundenen Mollusken. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 6: 264-286
• Nekhaev I.O. (2016). Morphology and systematic position of Cingula tumidula G.O. Sars, 1878 (Gastropoda: Rissoidae). Zootaxa. 4184(2): 395-400

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Pusillina tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=986822 on 2024-02-13