Pusula
Genus of gastropods
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Pusula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[1][2]
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| A shell of Pusula radians from Nicaragua on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Triviidae |
| Genus: | Pusula Jousseaume, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| Cypraea radians Lamarck, 1810 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Discotrivia Cate, 1979 | |
Species
Species within the genus Pusula include:
- † Pusula alienigena Schilder, 1928
- Pusula bessei Petuch, 2013
- Pusula cimex (Sowerby, 1870)
- Pusula costipunctata (Sowerby, 1870)
- † Pusula dadeensis Petuch, 1994
- † Pusula dalli (Petuch, 1994)
- † Pusula densistans Fehse & Grego, 2014[2]
- Pusula elsiae (Howard & Sphon, 1960) (nomen dubium)
- Pusula garciai Fehse & Grego, 2014[2]
- † Pusula guppyi Schilder, 1939
- Pusula hybrida (Schilder, 1931)
- Pusula labiosa (Gaskoin, 1836)
- Pusula lindajoyceae Petuch, 1994
- † Pusula miamiensis Petuch, 1991
- † Pusula orientalis Schilder, 1939
- Pusula pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758)[3]
- † Pusula permagna (Johnson, 1910)
- † Pusula platyventer Fehse & Grego, 2014 [2]
- Pusula pullata (Sowerby, 1870)
- Pusula radians (Lamarck, 1810)
- Pusula solandri (Sowerby, 1832)
- † Pusula subpediculus (Sacco, 1894)
- Species brought into synonymy
- † Pusula andersoni Petuch & Drohlshagen, 2011: synonym of † Pusula lindajoyceae Petuch, 1994
- Pusula bermontiana (Petuch, 1994): synonym of Pusula pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pusula californiana (Gray, 1827): synonym of Pseudopusula californiana (Gray, 1827)
- Pusula californica (Sowerby, 1832): synonym of Pseudopusula californiana (Gray, 1827)
- Pusula calusa Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011: synonym of † Pusula dalli (Petuch, 1994)
- Pusula campus Cate, 1979: synonym of Niveria campus (Cate, 1979)
- Pusula candidula (Gaskoin, 1835):[4] synonym of Trivia candidula (Gaskoin, 1836)
- Pusula carabus Cate, 1979: synonym of Niveria carabus (Cate, 1979)
- Pusula cherobia Cate, 1979: synonym of Niveria cherobia (Cate, 1979)
- Pusula crovoae Olsson, 1967: synonym of † Pusula orientalis Schilder, 1939
- Pusula depauperata (Sowerby, 1832): synonym of Pseudopusula depauperata (Sowerby, 1832)
- Pusula janae Lorenz, 2001:[5] synonym of Dolichupis janae (Lorenz, 2001)
- Pusula juyingae Petuch & Sargent, 2011: synonym of Pusula labiosa (Gaskoin, 1836)
- Pusula leucosphaera Schilder, 1931: synonym of Dolichupis leucosphaera (Schilder, 1931)
- Pusula loochooensis Cate, 1979: synonym of Pseudopusula californiana (Gray, 1827)
- Pusula macaeica Fehse & Grego, 2005:[6] synonym of Niveria macaeica (Fehse & Grego, 2005)
- Pusula maltbiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942):[7] synonym of Niveria maltbiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942)
- Pusula olssoni Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011 †: synonym of † Pusula orientalis Schilder, 1939
- Pusula pacei (Petuch, 1987): synonym of Pusula cimex (Sowerby, 1870)
- Pusula padreserrai Cate, 1979: synonym of Pusula solandri (Sowerby, 1832)
- Pusula pygmaea Schilder, 1931: synonym of Cleotrivia pygmaea (Schilder, 1931)
- Pusula rubinicolor (Gaskoin, 1836): synonym of Dolichupis rubinicolor (Gaskoin, 1836)
