Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Rissooidea > Family Rissoidae

Pusillina Monterosato, 1884

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sabanea*	Leach in Gray, 1847 sensu Monterosato, 1884	orthographic variant
*Pusillina (Pusillina)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Pusillina (Vicinirissoa)*	Ponder, 1985	synonym; alternate representation
*Rissoa (Sabanea)*	Gray, 1847 sensu Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Turboella (Mutiturboella)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Turboella (Radiatia)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Turgidina*	Verduin, 1979	synonym

Children

Pusillina amblia (R. B. Watson, 1886)
Pusillina balkei (Verduin, 1976)
Pusillina benzi (Aradas & Maggiore, 1844)
Pusillina ehrenbergii (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
Pusillina fuscapex Gofas, 2007
Pusillina harpula Gofas, 2007
Pusillina inconspicua (Alder, 1844)
Pusillina lineolata (Michaud, 1830)
Pusillina marginata (Michaud, 1830)
Pusillina metivieri Bouchet & Warén, 1993
Pusillina minialba Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
Pusillina munda (Monterosato, 1884)
Pusillina philippi (Aradas & Maggiore, 1844)
Pusillina radiata (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
Pusillina sarsii (Lovén, 1846)
Pusillina testudae (Verduin, 1979)
Pusillina tumidula (G. O. Sars, 1878)
Pusillina turrita Monterosato, 1890
Rissoa (Sabanea) seminuda L. Seguenza, 1903

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: drijfhorens

Literature

original description	Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp.
basis of record	Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum. Suppl. 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985].
additional source	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pusillina Monterosato, 1884. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138455