| Pusula pediculus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Velutinoidea |
| Family: | Triviidae |
| Subfamily: | Triviinae |
| Genus: | Pusula |
| Species: | P. pediculus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pusula pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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. This species was previously known as Trivia pediculus.
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
The maximum recorded shell length is 22 mm.
Habitat
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 129 m.
References
- Pusula pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2010). Pusula pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419749 on 9 July 2010 .
- ^ Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Pusula pediculus | |
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