Pusionella lupinus

Pusionella lupinus
Drawing of Pusionella milleti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Pusionella
Species: P. lupinus
Binomial name
Pusionella lupinus
(Philippi, 1850)
Synonyms[1]

Fusus lupinus Philippi, 1850

Pusionella lupinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2] This species is also considered a synonym of Pusionella milleti milleti (Petit de la Saussaye, S., 1851) [3]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 55 mm. The shell is whitish, or has a yellowish flesh-color, or brown. It is more or less decussated by longitudinal and revolving engraved lines, sometimes forming granulations especially on the spire. The revolving lines are prominent on the body whorl, where the longitudinal ones are usually subobsolete. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along West Africa, and particularly along Senegal.

References

  1. 1 2 Pusionella lupinus (Philippi, 1850).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 August 2011.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 235; 1884 (described as Pusionella milleti)

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