Pusillina tumidula

Pusillina tumidula
Scientific classification
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
	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tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878) · alternate representation; Putilla (Pseudosetia) tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878) superseded combination; Rissoa (Microsetia) tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878) superseded combination; Rissoa griegi Friele, 1879; Setia tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878);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 small 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.

1 2 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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Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

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