Pseudococculina

Pseudococculina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pseudococculinidae.

Description

The white shell has a patelliform shape with a posterior, inclined apex and a compressed, subspiral nucleus. Inside it has a porcellaneous, muscle-scar horseshoe-shaped, interrupted over the head.
The animal has a plumate gill, at the right side of the head. The right tentacle is thickened. There are two epipodial filaments at the posterior part of the foot. The radula has large rhachidian teeth, with the cusp wanting or very obsolete. The fïrst lateral teeth are triangular, followed by 3 smaller, contorted laterals, with distinct
cusps, a large cusped fifth lateral, and numerous uncini.

Species

Species within the genus Pseudococculina include:

Pseudococculina granulata Schepman, 1908
Pseudococculina gregaria B.A. Marshall, 1986
Pseudococculina rimula Simone & Cunha, 2003
Pseudococculina rosea Habe, 1952
Pseudococculina rugosoplicata Schepman, 1908
Pseudococculina subcingulata

;Species brought into synonymy:

Pseudococculina concentrica Thiele, 1909: synonym of Amphiplica concentrica
Pseudococculina gradata B.A. Marshall, 1986: synonym of ''Copulabyssia gradata''