Pseudococculinidae is a family of small sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lepetelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This family has no subfamilies. The species in this family are hermaphroditic. They can be found from sublittoral to hadal depths.
Description
The shells are small (less than 6 mm), thin and translucent. The protoconch shows a long, narrow apical fold. Its microscopic sculpture is smooth with fine threads. The asymmetrical radula shows a broad, rachidian tooth that lacks a cusp, four inner lateral teeth, a large pluricuspid tooth, and numerous marginal teeth.
Soft body: the right tentacle is generally modified into a copulatory organ.
Genera
Genera in the family Pseudococculinidae include:
- Amphiplica <small>Haszprunar, 1988</small>
- Bandabyssia <small>Moskalev, 1976</small>
- Copulabyssia <small>Haszprunar, 1988</small>
- Kaiparapelta <small>B.A. Marshall, 1986</small>
- Kurilabyssia <small>Moskalev, 1976</small>
- Mesopelex <small>B.A. Marshall, 1986</small>
- Notocrater <small>Finlay, 1926</small>
- Pseudococculina <small>Schepman, 1908</small>
- Punctabyssia <small>McLean, 1991</small>
- Tentaoculus <small>Moskalev, 1976</small>
- Yaquinabyssia <small>Haszprunar, 1988</small>
Synonyms:
- Subfamily Caymanabyssiinae <small>B. A. Marshall, 1986</small> Caymanabyssiidae <small>B. A. Marshall, 1986</small> (original rank)
- Punctolepeta <small>Habe, 1958</small> Notocrater <small>Finlay, 1926</small>
References
- Marshall B.A. (1986 ["1985"]) Recent and Tertiary Cocculinidae and Pseudococculinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 505âÂÂ546.