Pusula

{{About|the snail genus|the municipality of Finland|Nummi-Pusula}}

{{Taxobox

| image = Triviidae - Pusula radians.jpg

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

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Mollusca

| classis = Gastropoda

| unranked_superfamilia = clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

| superfamilia = Velutinoidea

| familia = Triviidae

| subfamilia = Triviinae

| genus = Pusula

| genus_authority = Jousseaume, 1884{{No-gastropod-genus-ref}}

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms =Discotrivia Cate, 1979

| type_species = Cypraea radians

| type_species_authority = Lamarck, 1810

}}

Pusula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.{{WRMS species|224908|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}}{{cite book|last1=Fehse|first1=D.|last2=Grego|first2=J.|title=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).|date=2014|publisher=Published by the authors|isbn=9788081540820|pages=1–144}}

Species

Species within the genus Pusula include:

† Pusula alienigena Schilder, 1928
Pusula bessei Petuch, 2013
Pusula cimex (Sowerby, 1870)
Pusula costipunctata (Sowerby, 1870)
† Pusula dadeensis Petuch, 1994
† Pusula dalli (Petuch, 1994)
† Pusula densistans Fehse & Grego, 2014
Pusula elsiae (Howard & Sphon, 1960) (nomen dubium)
Pusula garciai Fehse & Grego, 2014
† Pusula guppyi Schilder, 1939
Pusula hybrida (Schilder, 1931)
Pusula labiosa (Gaskoin, 1836)
Pusula lindajoyceae Petuch, 1994
† Pusula miamiensis Petuch, 1991
† Pusula orientalis Schilder, 1939
Pusula pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758){{WRMS species|419749|Pusula pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758)||9 July 2010}}
† Pusula permagna (Johnson, 1910)
† Pusula platyventer Fehse & Grego, 2014
Pusula pullata (Sowerby, 1870)
Pusula radians (Lamarck, 1810)
Pusula solandri (Sowerby, 1832)
† Pusula subpediculus (Sacco, 1894)

;Species brought into synonymy:

† Pusula andersoni Petuch & Drohlshagen, 2011: synonym of † Pusula lindajoyceae Petuch, 1994
Pusula bermontiana (Petuch, 1994): synonym of Pusula pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pusula californiana (Gray, 1827): synonym of Pseudopusula californiana (Gray, 1827)
Pusula californica (Sowerby, 1832): synonym of Pseudopusula californiana (Gray, 1827)
Pusula calusa Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011: synonym of † Pusula dalli (Petuch, 1994)
Pusula campus Cate, 1979: synonym of Niveria campus (Cate, 1979)
Pusula candidula (Gaskoin, 1835):{{WRMS species|224910|Pusula candida (Gaskoin, 1835)||9 July 2010}} synonym of Trivia candidula (Gaskoin, 1836)
Pusula carabus Cate, 1979: synonym of Niveria carabus (Cate, 1979)
Pusula cherobia Cate, 1979: synonym of Niveria cherobia (Cate, 1979)
Pusula crovoae Olsson, 1967: synonym of † Pusula orientalis Schilder, 1939
Pusula depauperata (Sowerby, 1832): synonym of Pseudopusula depauperata (Sowerby, 1832)
Pusula janae Lorenz, 2001:{{WRMS species|457770|Pusula janae Lorenz, 2001||9 July 2010}} synonym of Dolichupis janae (Lorenz, 2001)
Pusula juyingae Petuch & Sargent, 2011: synonym of Pusula labiosa (Gaskoin, 1836)
Pusula leucosphaera Schilder, 1931: synonym of Dolichupis leucosphaera (Schilder, 1931)
Pusula loochooensis Cate, 1979: synonym of Pseudopusula californiana (Gray, 1827)
Pusula macaeica Fehse & Grego, 2005:{{WRMS species|389172|Pusula macaeica Fehse & Grego, 2005||9 July 2010}} synonym of Niveria macaeica (Fehse & Grego, 2005)
Pusula maltbiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942):{{WRMS species|419748|Pusula maltbiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942)||9 July 2010}} synonym of Niveria maltbiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942)
Pusula olssoni Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011 †: synonym of † Pusula orientalis Schilder, 1939
Pusula pacei (Petuch, 1987): synonym of Pusula cimex (Sowerby, 1870)
Pusula padreserrai Cate, 1979: synonym of Pusula solandri (Sowerby, 1832)
Pusula pygmaea Schilder, 1931: synonym of Cleotrivia pygmaea (Schilder, 1931)
Pusula rubinicolor (Gaskoin, 1836): synonym of Dolichupis rubinicolor (Gaskoin, 1836)

References

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

Category:Triviidae