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Pusula

Gastropoda - Triviidae

Taxonomy
Pusula was named by Jousseaume (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 121]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Trivia (Pusula) by Abbott (1974) and Todd (2001).

It was assigned to Cypraeidae by Olsson (1967); to Trivia by Abbott (1974) and Todd (2001); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Triviinae by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Pusula Jousseaume
1967Pusula Olsson p. 36
1974Trivia (Pusula) Abbott p. 147
2001Trivia (Pusula) Todd
2002Pusula Sepkoski
2010Pusula Landau and Marques da Silva p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTriviidaeTroschel 1863
subfamilyTriviinaeTroschel 1863
genusPusulaJousseaume 1884

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Pusula Jousseaume 1884
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Subg. Pusula (Pusula) Jousseaume 1884
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†Pusula (Pusula) crovoae Olsson 1967
Pusula (Pusula) fusca Sowerby 1832
†Pusula (Pusula) noetlingi Vredenburg 1921
†Pusula dadeensis Petuch 1994
Pusula lindajoyceae Petuch 1994
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Invalid names: Pusula andersoni Petuch and Drolshagen 2011 [synonym]
†Pusula miccosukee Petuch 1991
†Pusula orientalis Schilder 1939
Pusula pediculus Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Cypraea oniscus Röding 1798 [synonym], Cypraea sulcata Dillwyn 1817 [synonym], Niveria permagna Johnson 1910 [synonym], Pusula bermontiana Petuch 1994 [synonym], Pusula incerta Tucker and Wilson 1932 [synonym]
Pusula radians Lamarck 1810
Pusula solandri Sowerby 1832
†Pusula subpediculus d'Orbigny 1852
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:02:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:02:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Myanmar Trivia noetlingi (76590 76592)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain P. subpediculus (80564 178254)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) P. sp. (146873)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador Trivia radians (96596)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Decoriatrivia miccosukee (79958) P. crovoae (79761)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Niveria pediculus, P. radians (79710)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Trivia pediculus (58522 69089 69093)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain P. subpediculus (80562)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) Trivia incerta (79804)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Trivia permagna (79847)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Venezuela (Sucre) Trivia pediculus (41556)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Trivia pediculus (61309 79331)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Cypraea pediculus (92407)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Trivia pediculus (59316)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Trivia pediculus (80304)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Ecuador Trivia fusca (62040)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Trivia pedicula (60880)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Peru Trivia radians (207005)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Trivia pediculus (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) P. lindajoyceae, P. dadeensis, Trivia bermontiana (79747) Trivia pediculus (61310)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) P. ritteri (223325) Trivia solandri (202492 222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Trivia solandri (89573 194407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) P. californianus (96566) P. radians, P. solandri, P. californianus (160361) P. solandri (96936 223072) Trivia solandri, Trivia californiana (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) P. solandri (89597)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Trivia galapagensis (96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico P. californianus (67613 67641 67644) Trivia radians (96870)