Pusionella valida

Pusionella valida
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)
Synonyms[1]
Buccinanops valida (Dunker, 1852) Bullia valida Dunker, 1852 (basionym) Clavatula candida (Philippi, 1848) Fusus candidus Philippi, 1848 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 is distributed in the Pacific Ocean. This ascription is uncertain as this marine species is probably West African ^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Pusionella valida (Dunker, 1852).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434837 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. ^ ^{a b} 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

External links

• Gastropods.com : Pusionella valida; accessed : 6 April 2011