Galapagos Species Database

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Pseudopusula rubescens (J. E. Gray, 1833)

Gastropodo, Gastropod

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Littorinimorpha

Superfamily
Velutinoidea

Family
Triviidae

Genus
Pseudopusula

Species
rubescens

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cypraea rubescens J. E. Gray, 1833, Niveria cherobia (C. N. Cate, 1979), Niveria rubescens (Gray, 1833), Pusula (Pusula) cherobia C. N. Cate, 1979 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Pseudopusula rubescens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20215. Accessed 5 November 2026.