Pusula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[1][2]

Pusula
A shell of Pusula radians from Nicaragua on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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Pusula

Type species
Cypraea radians
Lamarck, 1810
Synonyms[1]

Discotrivia Cate, 1979

Species

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Species within the genus Pusula include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ a b Pusula Jousseaume, 1884. Gofas, S. (2010). Pusula Jousseaume, 1884. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224908 on 6 August 2012 .
  2. ^ a b c d Fehse, D.; Grego, J. (2014). Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XXVIII. Revision of the genus Pusula Jousseaume, 1884 with the description of new genera and new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Published by the authors. pp. 1–144. ISBN 9788081540820.
  3. ^ Pusula pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  4. ^ Pusula candida (Gaskoin, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  5. ^ Pusula janae Lorenz, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  6. ^ Pusula macaeica Fehse & Grego, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  7. ^ Pusula maltbiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. 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