Pusillina tumidula
Species of gastropod
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Pusillina tumidula is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
| Pusillina tumidula | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Pusillina |
| Species: | P. tumidula |
| Binomial name | |
| Pusillina tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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.