Pusillina tumidula

Species of gastropod

Pusillina tumidula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Pusillina
Species:	P. tumidula
Binomial name
*Pusillina tumidula* (G. O. Sars, 1878)
Synonyms^[1]
Alvania minuta (Golikov & Fedjakov, 1987) (homonym of † Alvania minuta (H. J. Finlay, 1924)) Cingula griegi (Friele, 1879) Cingula tumidula G. O. Sars, 1878 (original combination) Obtusella tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878) Punctulum minutum A. N. Golikov & Fedjakov, 1987 Pusillina (Vicinirissoa) tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878) · alternate representation Putilla (Pseudosetia) tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878) superseded combination Rissoa (Microsetia) tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878) superseded combination Rissoa griegi Friele, 1879 Setia tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878)

Pusillina tumidula is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 2 mm.

This species occurs in Arctic waters off the White Sea and the Okhotsk Sea.

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Pusillina tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=986822 on 2024-02-13

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Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania, xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII.
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