Pusionella valida

Pusionella valida
Apertural view of a shell of Pusionella valida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Clavatulidae
Genus:Pusionella
Species: P. valida
Binomial name
Pusionella valida
(Dunker, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinanops valida (Dunker, 1852)
  • Bullia valida Dunker, 1852 (basionym)
  • Clavatula candida (Philippi, 1848)
  • Fusus candidus Philippi, 1848
  • Fusus reclusianus Petit de la Saussaye, 1851
  • Pusionella grandis A. Adams, 1853
  • Pusionella haasi Dautzenberg, 1912

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 occurs in the Pacific Ocean. This ascription is uncertain as this marine species probably occurs from West African to Namibia[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Pusionella valida (Dunker, 1852).  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. 234; 1884
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. - Mission Gruvel sur la còte occidentale d'Afrique; Paris :Masson et cie 1912, p. 8 (described as Pusionella haasi)
  • 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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