Pseudostomatella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Stomatellinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Pseudostomatella elegans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Stomatellinae |
| Genus: | Pseudostomatella Thiele, 1921 |
| Type species | |
| Turbo papyraceus Gmelin, 1791
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Distribution edit
This marine genus has a wide distribution. The species occur in the Central and East Indian Ocean, Indo-Malaysia and off Australia
Species edit
Species within the genus Pseudostomatella include:[1]
- Pseudostomatella baconi (Adams, A. in Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1854)
- Pseudostomatella clathratula (Adams, A. in Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1854)
- Pseudostomatella coccinea (A. Adams, 1850)[2]
- forma : Pseudostomatella coccinea flammulata (f) Pilsbry, H.A., 1920
- Pseudostomatella cycloradiata Usticke, 1959
- Pseudostomatella decolorata (Gould, A.A., 1848)
- Pseudostomatella erythrocoma (Dall, 1889)[3]
- Pseudostomatella martini Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006[4]
- Pseudostomatella orbiculata (A. Adams, 1850)
- Pseudostomatella papyracea (Gmelin, J.F., 1791)
- Pseudostomatella selecta (A. Adams, 1855)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Pseudostomatella maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834): synonym of Granata maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
- Pseudostomatella rubra (Lamarck, 1822):[5] synonym of Stomatolina rubra (Lamarck, 1822)
- Taxa inquirenda
- Pseudostomatella decorata (A. Adams, 1855)
- Pseudostomatella monilifera (A. Adams, 1850)
- Pseudostomatella splendidula (A. Adams, 1854)
References edit
- ^ a b Pseudostomatella Thiele, 1921. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 November 2010.
- ^ Pseudostomatella coccinea (A. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- ^ Pseudostomatella erythrocoma (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- ^ Pseudostomatella martini Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- ^ Pseudostomatella rubra (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. 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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