Pusula pediculus
Species of gastropod
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Pusula pediculus, common name the "coffee bean trivia", is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[1] This species was previously known as Trivia pediculus.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Triviidae |
| Genus: | Pusula |
| Species: | P. pediculus |
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Distribution
Western Atlantic: common as beached shells in the Eastern Caribbean islands of the Lesser Antilles where they are commonly known as "puppy-eyes".
Description
Habitat
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 129 m.[2]
