Pusionella compacta
| Pusionella compacta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Pusionella |
| Species: | P. compacta |
| Binomial name | |
| Pusionella compacta Strebel, 1914 | |
Pusionella compacta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 26 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along West Africa and Angola.
References
- ↑ Pusionella compacta Strebel, 1914. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 August 2011.
- ↑ P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
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