Pseudostomatella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Stomatellinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Distribution
This marine genus has a wide distribution. The species occur in the Central and East Indian Ocean, Indo-Malaysia and off Australia
Species
Species within the genus Pseudostomatella include:
- Pseudostomatella baconi <small>(Adams, A. in Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1854)</small>
- Pseudostomatella clathratula <small>(Adams, A. in Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1854)</small>
- Pseudostomatella coccinea <small>(A. Adams, 1850)</small>
- forma : Pseudostomatella coccinea flammulata (f) <small>Pilsbry, H.A., 1920</small>
- Pseudostomatella cycloradiata <small>Usticke, 1959</small>
- Pseudostomatella decolorata <small>(Gould, A.A., 1848)</small>
- Pseudostomatella erythrocoma <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
- Pseudostomatella martini <small>Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006</small>
- Pseudostomatella orbiculata <small>(A. Adams, 1850)</small>
- Pseudostomatella papyracea <small>(Gmelin, J.F., 1791)</small>
- Pseudostomatella selecta <small>(A. Adams, 1855)</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Pseudostomatella maculata <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)</small>: synonym of Granata maculata <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)</small>
- Pseudostomatella rubra (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Stomatolina rubra (Lamarck, 1822)
Taxa inquirenda:
- Pseudostomatella decorata <small>(A. Adams, 1855)</small>
- Pseudostomatella monilifera <small>(A. Adams, 1850)</small>
- Pseudostomatella splendidula <small>(A. Adams, 1854)</small>
References
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (2001) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Gastropoda Bivalvia Polyplacophora Scaphopoda Type Figures. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 208 pp.
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