Pusionella

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| fossil_range = | image = Pusionella nifat 002.jpg | image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of Pusionella nifat | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Pusionella | authority = Gray, 1847 | type_species = Buccinum nifat | type_species_authority = Bruguière, 1789 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = Netrum Philippi, 1850 (invalid: junior objective synonym of Pusionella)

Pusionella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.

Description

The fusiform shell is solid, smooth and shining, with numerous whorls. The spire is sharp. The lip lacks an anal sinus. The siphonal canal is short, and exteriorly carinated at the base. The columella is twisted anteriorly. The operculum has a lateral nucleus. The eyes are located at the external bases of the tentacles.

Distribution

This genus occurs off the western coast of Africa.

Species

Species within the genus Pusionella include:

References

  • Petit R.E. (2012) John Edward Gray (1800-1875): his malacological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 3214: 1-125. page(s): 137; note: type species fixation under Art. 70.3

References

  1. {{WRMS species. 224449. ''Pusionella'' Gray, 1847. 6 April 2011
  2. [[George Washington Tryon]], Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 158; 1884
  3. {{WRMS species. 434831. ''Pusionella buccinatus'' (Lamarck, 1822). 15 April 2010
  4. {{WRMS species. 434832. ''Pusionella compacta'' Strebel, 1914. 15 April 2010
  5. {{WRMS species. 390428. ''Pusionella ghanaensis'' Boyer & Ryall, 2006. 15 April 2010
  6. {{WRMS species. 434833. ''Pusionella lirata'' Adams A., 1853. 15 April 2010
  7. {{WRMS species. 434834. ''Pusionella lupinus'' (Philippi, 1850). 15 April 2010
  8. {{WRMS species. 224450. ''Pusionella nifat'' (Bruguiere, 1789). 15 April 2010
  9. [http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/5/277.extract Arthur Wrigley (1932), "English Eocene Surculites." Journal of Molluscan Studies 23.5 (1939): 277-284]{{dead link. (May 2021)
  10. [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Josep_Moreno-Bedmar/publication/262564909_Contribucin_al_conocimiento_de_la_fauna_malacolgica_miocnica_de_La_Pedrera_Sant_Lloren_d'Hortons_(NE_de_la_Pennsula_Ibrica)/links/02e7e5381164043c9a000000.pdf Moreno, Josep A., Anselmo PEÑAS, and Emilio ROLÁN. "Contribución al conocimiento de la fauna malacológica miocénica de La Pedrera, Sant Lloren~ d'Hortons (NE de la Península Ibérica)." (2003).]
  11. {{WRMS species. 434835. ''Pusionella rapulum'' Tryon, 1884. 15 April 2010
  12. {{WRMS species. 434836. ''Pusionella remorata'' Sykes, 1905. 15 April 2010
  13. {{WRMS species. 434837. ''Pusionella valida'' (Dunker, 1852). 15 April 2010
  14. {{WRMS species. 225548. ''Pusionella vulpina'' (Born, 1780). 15 April 2010
  15. {{WRMS species. 225543. ''Pusionella aculeiformis'' (Lamarck, 1822). 15 April 2010
  16. {{WRMS species. 434830. ''Pusionella albocinctus'' (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851). 15 April 2010
  17. {{WRMS species. 225093. ''Pusionella haasi'' Dautzenberg, 1912. 15 April 2010

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