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Pusula
| Description | Pusula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pusula, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Triviidae : Pusula | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Triviidae : Pusula | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Pusula Jousseaume, 1884 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. Le Naturaliste. 6(52): 414-415. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 8 (53%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Triviidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Triviidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pusula |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Pusula (Pusula) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Cypraea fusca species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cypraea galapagensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cypraea subpediculus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Decoriatrivia miccosukee species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pusula alienigena species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pusula bessei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pusula cimex species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pusula costispunctata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pusula dadeensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Pusula dalli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pusula densistans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pusula fultoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pusula garciai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pusula guppyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pusula hybrida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pusula labiosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pusula lindajoyceae species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Pusula miamiensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pusula miccosukee ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
| Pusula niasensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pusula orientalis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
| Pusula pediculus species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Pusula permagna species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pusula platyventer species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pusula pullata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pusula radians species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Pusula solandri species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Pusula subpediculus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
| Trivia noetlingi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1884 | Pusula Jousseaume |
| 1967 | Pusula Olsson p. 36 |
| 1974 | Trivia (Pusula) Abbott p. 147 |
| 2001 | Trivia (Pusula) Todd |
| 2002 | Pusula Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2010 | Pusula Landau and Marques da Silva p. 41 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
