Pseudococculinidae
Pseudococculinidae is a family of small sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lepetelloidea.
This family has no subfamilies. The species in this family are hermaphroditic. They can be found from sublittoral to hadal depths.Description
The shells are small, thin and translucent. The protoconch shows a long, narrow apical fold. Its microscopic sculpture is smooth with fine threads. The asymmetrical radula shows a broad, rachidian tooth that lacks a cusp, four inner lateral teeth, a large pluricuspid tooth, and numerous marginal teeth.
Soft body: the right tentacle is generally modified into a copulatory organ.Genera
Genera in the family Pseudococculinidae include:
- Copulabyssia Haszprunar, 1988
- Kaiparapelta B.A. Marshall, 1986
- Kurilabyssia Moskalev, 1976
- Mesopelex B.A. Marshall, 1986
- Notocrater Finlay, 1926
- Pilus Warén, 1991
- Pseudococculina Schepman, 1908
- Punctabyssia McLean, 1991
- Tentaoculus Moskalev, 1976
