Pusula (Pusula) fusca Sowerby 1832 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae

Alternative combinations: Cypraea fusca, Trivia (Cleotrivia) fusca, Trivia (Pusula) fusca, Trivia fusca

Belongs to Pusula (Pusula) according to C. N. Cate 1979

See also Keen 1971 and Ragaini et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Pusula (Pusula) californiana, Pusula (Pusula) crovoae, Pusula (Pusula) galapagensis, Pusula (Pusula) noetlingi

Type specimen: BMNH 1874:12:11:60, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Villamil, Isla Isabela, Galapagos (Quaternary of Ecuador)

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