Pluscula cuica

Pluscula cuica is a species of marine snail, gastropod mollusk in the superfamily Philinoidea[1] within the clade Cephalaspidea.[4]

Pluscula cuica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Cephalaspidea
Superfamily:
Philinoidea[1]
Family:
Plusculidae

Franc, 1968[2]
Genus:
Pluscula

Er. Marcus, 1953[3]
Species:
P. cuica
Binomial name
Pluscula cuica
Er. Marcus, 1953

Pluscula cuica is the only species in the genus Pluscula.[5] Genus Pluscula was the only genus in the family Plusculidae,[4] before the family was abolished and considered synonyms of Philinoglossidae.[6]

Distribution

This species occurs off Sao Paulo, Brazil[7]

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References
  1. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  2. Franc (1968). Traité de Zoologie 5(3): 612.
  3. Marcus E. (1953). Bol. Fac. Filos. Cienc. S. Paulo. (Zool.) 18: 176–181.
  4. Malaquias M. A. E., Dodds J. M., Bouchet P. & Reid D. G. (2009). "A molecular phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Euthyneura): Architectibranchia redefined and Runcinacea reinstated". Zoologica Scripta 38(1): 23–41. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00354.x.
  5. "Pluscula Er. Marcus, 1953". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  6. Bouchet, Philippe (17 December 2010). "Plusculidae Franc, 1968". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  7. "Pluscula cuica Er. Marcus, 1953". Malacolog Version 4.1.1. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. accessed 26 December 2010.


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