Pusula pediculus

Pusula pediculus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Triviidae
Genus: Pusula
Species:
P. pediculus
Binomial name
Pusula pediculus

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

  1. ↑ 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 .
  2. 1 2 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.