Pusillina tumidula

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Pusillina tumidula is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Pusillina tumidula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Pusillina
Species:
P. tumidula
Binomial name
Pusillina tumidula
(G. O. Sars, 1878)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alvania minuta (Golikov & Fedjakov, 1987) (homonym of † Alvania minuta (H. J. Finlay, 1924))
  • Cingula griegi (Friele, 1879)
  • Cingula tumidula G. O. Sars, 1878 (original combination)
  • Obtusella tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878)
  • Punctulum minutum A. N. Golikov & Fedjakov, 1987
  • Pusillina (Vicinirissoa) tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878) · alternate representation
  • Putilla (Pseudosetia) tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878) superseded combination
  • Rissoa (Microsetia) tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878) superseded combination
  • Rissoa griegi Friele, 1879
  • Setia tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878)

Description

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The shell grows to a length of 2 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in Arctic waters off the White Sea and the Okhotsk Sea.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Pusillina tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=986822 on 2024-02-13
  • Scarlato, O. A. (1987). Mollyuski Belogo Morya [Molluscs of the White Sea]. Opredeliteli po faune SSSR. 151: 11-324.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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