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Family of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
| Pseudococculinidae | |
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| Pseudococculina granulata shell drawing | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Lepetelloidea |
| Family: | Pseudococculinidae Hickman CS, 1983 [1] |
This family has no subfamilies. The species in this family are hermaphroditic. They can be found from sublittoral to hadal depths.
The shells are small (less than 6 mm), thin and translucent. The protoconch shows a long, narrow apical fold. Its microscopic sculpture is smooth with fine threads. The asymmetrical radula shows a broad, rachidian tooth that lacks a cusp, four inner lateral teeth, a large pluricuspid tooth, and numerous marginal teeth.
Soft body: the right tentacle is generally modified into a copulatory organ.[3]
Genera in the family Pseudococculinidae include:
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