Pseudostomatella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Stomatellinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Distribution This marine genus has a wide distribution. The species occur in the Central and East Indian Ocean, Indo-Malaysia and off Australia
Species Species within the genus Pseudostomatella include: Pseudostomatella baconi (Adams, A. in Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1854) Pseudostomatella clathratula (Adams, A. in Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1854) Pseudostomatella coccinea (A. Adams, 1850) forma : Pseudostomatella coccinea flammulata (f) Pilsbry, H.A., 1920 Pseudostomatella cycloradiata Usticke, 1959 Pseudostomatella decolorata (Gould, A.A., 1848) Pseudostomatella erythrocoma (Dall, 1889) Pseudostomatella martini Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 Pseudostomatella orbiculata (A. Adams, 1850) Pseudostomatella papyracea (Gmelin, J.F., 1791) Pseudostomatella selecta (A. Adams, 1855)
Species brought into synonymy Pseudostomatella maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834): synonym of Granata maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Pseudostomatella rubra (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Stomatolina rubra (Lamarck, 1822) Taxa inquirenda Pseudostomatella decorata (A. Adams, 1855) Pseudostomatella monilifera (A. Adams, 1850) Pseudostomatella splendidula (A. Adams, 1854)
References
Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp. Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (2001) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Gastropoda Bivalvia Polyplacophora Scaphopoda Type Figures. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 208 pp.
External links
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online.