Pusula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.
Species
Species within the genus Pusula include:
- â Pusula alienigena <small>Schilder, 1928</small>
- Pusula bessei <small>Petuch, 2013</small>
- Pusula cimex <small>(Sowerby, 1870)</small>
- Pusula costipunctata <small>(Sowerby, 1870)</small>
- â Pusula dadeensis <small>Petuch, 1994</small>
- â Pusula dalli <small>(Petuch, 1994)</small>
- â Pusula densistans <small>Fehse & Grego, 2014</small>
- Pusula elsiae <small>(Howard & Sphon, 1960)</small> (nomen dubium)
- Pusula garciai <small>Fehse & Grego, 2014</small>
- â Pusula guppyi <small>Schilder, 1939</small>
- Pusula hybrida <small>(Schilder, 1931)</small>
- Pusula labiosa <small>(Gaskoin, 1836)</small>
- Pusula lindajoyceae <small>Petuch, 1994</small>
- â Pusula miamiensis <small>Petuch, 1991</small>
- â Pusula orientalis <small>Schilder, 1939</small>
- Pusula pediculus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- â Pusula permagna <small>(Johnson, 1910)</small>
- â Pusula platyventer <small>Fehse & Grego, 2014</small>
- Pusula pullata <small>(Sowerby, 1870)</small>
- Pusula radians <small>(Lamarck, 1810)</small>
- Pusula solandri <small>(Sowerby, 1832)</small>
- â Pusula subpediculus <small>(Sacco, 1894)</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- â Pusula andersoni <small>Petuch & Drohlshagen, 2011</small>: synonym of â Pusula lindajoyceae <small>Petuch, 1994</small>
- Pusula bermontiana <small>(Petuch, 1994)</small>: synonym of Pusula pediculus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Pusula californiana <small>(Gray, 1827)</small>: synonym of Pseudopusula californiana <small>(Gray, 1827)</small>
- Pusula californica <small>(Sowerby, 1832)</small>: synonym of Pseudopusula californiana <small>(Gray, 1827)</small>
- Pusula calusa <small>Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011</small>: synonym of â Pusula dalli <small>(Petuch, 1994)</small>
- Pusula campus <small>Cate, 1979</small>: synonym of Niveria campus <small>(Cate, 1979)</small>
- Pusula candidula <small>(Gaskoin, 1835)</small>: synonym of Trivia candidula <small>(Gaskoin, 1836)</small>
- Pusula carabus <small>Cate, 1979</small>: synonym of Niveria carabus <small>(Cate, 1979)</small>
- Pusula cherobia <small>Cate, 1979</small>: synonym of Niveria cherobia <small>(Cate, 1979)</small>
- Pusula crovoae <small>Olsson, 1967</small>: synonym of â Pusula orientalis <small>Schilder, 1939</small>
- Pusula depauperata <small>(Sowerby, 1832)</small>: synonym of Pseudopusula depauperata <small>(Sowerby, 1832)</small>
- Pusula janae <small>Lorenz, 2001</small>: synonym of Dolichupis janae <small>(Lorenz, 2001)</small>
- Pusula juyingae <small>Petuch & Sargent, 2011</small>: synonym of Pusula labiosa <small>(Gaskoin, 1836)</small>
- Pusula leucosphaera <small>Schilder, 1931</small>: synonym of Dolichupis leucosphaera <small>(Schilder, 1931)</small>
- Pusula loochooensis <small>Cate, 1979</small>: synonym of Pseudopusula californiana <small>(Gray, 1827)</small>
- Pusula macaeica <small>Fehse & Grego, 2005</small>: synonym of Niveria macaeica <small>(Fehse & Grego, 2005)</small>
- Pusula maltbiana <small>(Schwengel & McGinty, 1942)</small>: synonym of Niveria maltbiana <small>(Schwengel & McGinty, 1942)</small>
- Pusula olssoni <small>Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011</small> â : synonym of â Pusula orientalis <small>Schilder, 1939</small>
- Pusula pacei <small>(Petuch, 1987)</small>: synonym of Pusula cimex <small>(Sowerby, 1870)</small>
- Pusula padreserrai <small>Cate, 1979</small>: synonym of Pusula solandri <small>(Sowerby, 1832)</small>
- Pusula pygmaea <small>Schilder, 1931</small>: synonym of Cleotrivia pygmaea <small>(Schilder, 1931)</small>
- Pusula rubinicolor <small>(Gaskoin, 1836)</small>: synonym of Dolichupis rubinicolor <small>(Gaskoin, 1836)</small>
References
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
- Fehse D. (2002) "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) V. Kritische Beurteilung der Genera und Beschreibung einer neuen Art der Gattung Semitrivia Cossmann, 1903". Acta Conchyliorum 6: 3-48. page(s): 10
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda