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Pluscula

Pluscula is a genus of marine snails, gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Philinoidea within the clade Cephalaspidea. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Pluscula cuica.

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Pluscula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Philinoglossidae
Genus: Pluscula
Er. Marcus, 19531
Species:
P. cuica
Binomial name
Pluscula cuica
Er. Marcus, 1953

Pluscula is a genus of marine snails, gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Philinoidea2 within the clade Cephalaspidea. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Pluscula cuica.3

Distribution

This species occurs off São Paulo, Brazil.4

References

References

  1. Marcus E. (1953). Bol. Fac. Filos. Cienc. S. Paulo. (Zool.) 18: 176–181.
  2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. "Pluscula Er. Marcus, 1953". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  4. "Pluscula cuica Er. Marcus, 1953". Malacolog Version 4.1.1. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. accessed 26 December 2010.