Pseudococculinidae

Pseudococculinidae
Pseudococculina granulata shell drawing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Pseudococculinidae
Hickman CS, 1983 [1]

Pseudococculinidae is a family of small sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lepetelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2]

This family has no subfamilies. The species in this family are hermaphroditic. They can be found from sublittoral to hadal depths.

  1. ^ Hickman C. S. 1983. Radular patterns, systematics, diversity, and ecology of deep-sea limpets. The Veliger 26: 73-92.
  2. ^ Gofas, S. (2012). Pseudococculinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23106 on 2013-02-09