Pseudorbis granulum

Pseudorbis granulum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Pseudorbis
Species:	P. granulum
Binomial name
Pseudorbis granulum (Brugnone, 1873)
Synonyms
Archytaea (Pseudorbis) granulum Monterosato, 1884 (family Adeorbidae) Fossarus granulum Brugnone, 1873 (basionym) Vitrinella (Pseudorbis) granulum (Brugnone, 1873) by Thiele, 1929 (family Vitrinellidae)

Pseudorbis granulum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 0.8 mm and 1.5 mm. The shell is scarcely unibilicated. The aperture is circular. The surface is spirally costate, not cancellated.

Distribution

This marine species is found in the Mediterranean Sea, originally off Sicily and recently off the Alboran Island.

References

• Rubio F. & Rodriguez Babio C. (1991 ["1990"]) Sobre la posición sistemática de Pseudorbis granulum Brugnone, 1873 (Mollusca, Archeogastropoda, Skeneidae) y descripción de Pseudorbis jameoensis n. sp., procedente de las Islas Canarias. Iberus 9(1–2): 203–207
• 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

External links

• "Pseudorbis granulum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.