Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Rissooidea > Family Rissoidae

Pusillina Monterosato, 1884

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Auriconoba*	Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Pusillina (Pusillina)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Pusillina (Vicinirissoa)*	Ponder, 1985	synonym; alternate representation

Children

Pusillina amblia (Watson, 1886)
Pusillina benzi (Aradas & Maggiore, 1844)
Pusillina ehrenbergi (Philippi, 1844)
Pusillina fuscapex Gofas, 2007
Pusillina harpula Gofas, 2007
Pusillina inconspicua (Alder, 1844)
Pusillina lineolata (Michaud, 1830)
Pusillina marginata (Michaud, 1830)
Pusillina metivieri Bouchet & Warén, 1993
Pusillina minialba Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
Pusillina munda (Monterosato, 1884)
Pusillina philippi (Aradas & Maggiore, 1844)
Pusillina radiata (Philippi, 1836)
Pusillina sarsii (Lovén, 1846)
Pusillina testudae (Verduin, 1979)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: drijfhorens

Literature

original description	Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp.
basis of record	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
additional source	Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
additional source	Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161-254.
additional source	Ponder W. F. (1985) A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985]

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Pusillina Monterosato, 1884. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138455