Pseudorbis granulum (Brugnone 1873)

Pseudorbis granulum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 0.8 mm and 1.5 mm. The shell is scarcely unibilicated. The aperture is circular. The surface is spirally costate, not cancellated.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is found in the Mediterranean Sea, originally off Sicily and recently off the Alboran Island.

References

• Rubio F. & Rodriguez Babio C. (1991 ["1990"]) Sobre la posición sistemática de Pseudorbis granulum Brugnone, 1873 (Mollusca, Archeogastropoda, Skeneidae) y descripción de Pseudorbis jameoensis n. sp., procedente de las Islas Canarias. Iberus 9(1–2): 203–207
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213