Pusionella vulpina
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Pusionella vulpina | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Pusionella vulpina | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Clavatulidae |
Genus: | Pusionella |
Species: | P. vulpina
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Binomial name | |
Pusionella vulpina (Born, 1780)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Pusionella vulpina 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 25 mm and 46 mm. The shell is stouter than the shell of Pusionella aculeiformis. There are no longitudinal ribs. The upper part of the whorls contains two or three engraved revolving lines, and several more at the base of the body whorl. Otherwise, the shell is smooth and polished, or with microscopic revolving striae. The color of the shell is moderate brown, sometimes yellowish or orange-brown.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco, Senegal, Cameroon and Gabon.
References
- ^ a b Pusionella vulpina (born 1780). 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.
- ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI pp. 234–235; 1884
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
External links
- "Pusionella vulpina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
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