Pusionella valida
| Pusionella valida | |
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| Drawing of Pusionella valida | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Pusionella |
| Species: | P. valida |
| Binomial name | |
| Pusionella valida (Dunker, 1852) | |
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Pusionella valida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 40 mm. The shell is smooth and ponderous. There are 11-12 whorls, flatly rounded, with two or three striae around the upper portion, and several at the base of the body whorl. The color of the shell is light yellowish brown. [3]
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean. This ascription is uncertain as this marine species is probably West African [3]
References
- 1 2 Pusionella valida (Dunker, 1852). 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.
- 1 2 George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 234; 1884
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
- Nolf F. (2010) Pusionella haasi Dautzenberg, 1912 a junior synonym of Pusionella valida (Dunker, 1852) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Clavatulidae). Neptunea 9(4): 1-10
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