MolluscaBase taxon details
Pusula pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
419749 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:419749)
accepted
Species
Cypraea oniscus Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Cypraea pediculus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cypraea pediculus var. indica Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea pulex Link, 1807 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea pullata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 · unaccepted
Cypraea restituta Sulliotti, 1922 · unaccepted
Cypraea sulcata Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted
Niveria permagna bermontiana Petuch, 1994 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pusula bermontiana (Petuch, 1994) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pusula pullata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) · unaccepted
Trivia (Pusula) pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Trivia pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Triviella gamma Mestayer, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Pusula pediculus marthae Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011 † accepted as Pusula dalli (Petuch, 1994) †
marine
(of Cypraea pediculus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pusula pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419749 on 2026-06-05
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original description
(of Cypraea pediculus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cypraea oniscus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 24 [details]
original description (of Cypraea sulcata Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 466 [details]
original description (of Cypraea restituta Sulliotti, 1922) Sulliotti, G. R. (1922). Communicazioni malacologiche 5: Contribuzione alla studio delle Cypraeidae. <em>Bullettino della Associazione Scientifica Ligure di Porto Maurizio.</em> 22 pp.
page(s): 14 [details]
original description (of Cypraea pullata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Monograph of the genus <i>Cypraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (26-28): 1–58, pls 292–328. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936899 [details]
original description (of Triviella gamma Mestayer, 1927) Mestayer, M. K. (1927). Some New Zealand molluscs (new and renamed species). <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 17(5-6): 185–190., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a063921
page(s): 188, fig. 5 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Niveria permagna bermontiana Petuch, 1994) Petuch, E. J. (1994). <i>Atlas of Florida Fossil Shells</i>. Evanston, Illinois: Chicago Spectrum Press. 394 pp., 20 figs., 100 pls.
page(s): 264, pl. 26, fig. E [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cypraea pulex Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 2: 92 [details]
original description (of Cypraea pediculus var. indica Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1180 [details]
basis of record Fehse, D.; Grego, J. (2014). Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XXVIII. Revision of the genus <i>Pusula</i> Jousseaume, 1884 with the description of new genera and new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Published by the authors. 144 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Fehse, D. (2002). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) V. Kritische Beurteilung der Genera und Beschreibung einer neuen Art der Gattung <i>Semitrivia</i> Cossmann. <em>Acta Conchyliorum.</em> 6: 3-48.
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Cypraea oniscus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 24 [details]
original description (of Cypraea sulcata Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 466 [details]
original description (of Cypraea restituta Sulliotti, 1922) Sulliotti, G. R. (1922). Communicazioni malacologiche 5: Contribuzione alla studio delle Cypraeidae. <em>Bullettino della Associazione Scientifica Ligure di Porto Maurizio.</em> 22 pp.
page(s): 14 [details]
original description (of Cypraea pullata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Monograph of the genus <i>Cypraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (26-28): 1–58, pls 292–328. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936899 [details]
original description (of Triviella gamma Mestayer, 1927) Mestayer, M. K. (1927). Some New Zealand molluscs (new and renamed species). <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 17(5-6): 185–190., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a063921
page(s): 188, fig. 5 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Niveria permagna bermontiana Petuch, 1994) Petuch, E. J. (1994). <i>Atlas of Florida Fossil Shells</i>. Evanston, Illinois: Chicago Spectrum Press. 394 pp., 20 figs., 100 pls.
page(s): 264, pl. 26, fig. E [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cypraea pulex Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 2: 92 [details]
original description (of Cypraea pediculus var. indica Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1180 [details]
basis of record Fehse, D.; Grego, J. (2014). Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XXVIII. Revision of the genus <i>Pusula</i> Jousseaume, 1884 with the description of new genera and new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Published by the authors. 144 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Fehse, D. (2002). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) V. Kritische Beurteilung der Genera und Beschreibung einer neuen Art der Gattung <i>Semitrivia</i> Cossmann. <em>Acta Conchyliorum.</em> 6: 3-48.
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cypraea restituta Sulliotti, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Cypraea oniscus Röding, 1798)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Cypraea sulcata Dillwyn, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (94 publications) (from synonym Cypraea pediculus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Pusula pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758) United States, Florida, Palm Beach County, Rivier...
To Malacopics (Pusula pullata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Bahamas, North Eleuthera, Current Island, u... (from synonym Pusula pullata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870))
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001747; Triviella gamma Mestayer, 1927; holotype) (from synonym Triviella gamma Mestayer, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cypraea restituta Sulliotti, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Cypraea oniscus Röding, 1798)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Cypraea sulcata Dillwyn, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (94 publications) (from synonym Cypraea pediculus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Pusula pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758) United States, Florida, Palm Beach County, Rivier...
To Malacopics (Pusula pullata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Bahamas, North Eleuthera, Current Island, u... (from synonym Pusula pullata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870))
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001747; Triviella gamma Mestayer, 1927; holotype) (from synonym Triviella gamma Mestayer, 1927)
