Pusia

Pusia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Pusia Swainson, 1840^[1]

Pusia is a genus (or a subgenus of Vexillum) of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Costellariidae.^[2]

The genus name Pusia has become a synonym of the subgenus Vexillum (Pusia) Swainson, W.A., 1840 ^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Pusia include:

Pusia voncoseli Poppe, Tagaro & Salisbury, 2009^[4] : this species is named Vexillum (Pusia) voncoseli in Gastropods.com ^[5]

synonyms:

Pusia amabilis ^[6] : synonym of Vexillum (Pusia) amabile (Reeve, 1845)
Pusia aureolata ^[7] : synonym of Vexillum (Pusia) aureolatum (Reeve, 1844)
Pusia cancellaroides Anton^[8] : synonym of Vexillum (Pusia) cancellarioides (Anton, 1838)
Pusia chibaensis Salisbury & Rosenberg, 1999^[9] : synonym of Vexillum (Pusia) chibaense (Salisbury & Rosenberg, 1999)
Pusia crocata Lam^[10] : synonym of Vexillum (Pusia) crocatum (Lamarck, 1811)
Pusia karpathoensis Nordsieck, 1969 : synonym of Mitromorpha karpathoensis (Nordsieck, 1969)
Pusia multicostata ^[11] : synonym of Vexillum (Pusia) multicostatum (Broderip, 1836)
Pusia muriculata ^[12]: synonym of Mitra (Nebularia) bernhardina (Röding, 1798)
Pusia pardalis ^[13] : synonym of Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis (Küster, 1840)
Pusia tuberosa ^[14] : synonym of Mitra tuberosa Reeve, 1845

References

^ Swainson (1840). Treat. Malacol. 320.
^ Fedosov A. E. & Kantor Yu. I. (2010). " . [Evolution of carnivorous gastropods of the family Costellariidae (Neogastropoda) in the framework of molecular phylogeny]". Ruthenica 20(2): 117-139. PDF
^ Robin, A. (2010). Vexillum (Pusia) Swainson, 1840. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413708 on 2011-01-27
^ Pusia voncoseli Poppe, Tagaro & Salisbury, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458186 on 24 April 2010.
^ http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_61531.shtml Gastropods.com : Vexillum (Pusia) voncoseli; accessed : 28 January 2011]
^ Pusia amabilis . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208147 on 24 April 2010.
^ Pusia aureolata . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208148 on 24 April 2010.
^ Pusia cancellaroides Anton. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208153 on 24 April 2010.
^ Pusia chibaensis Salisbury & Rosenberg, 1999. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458305 on 24 April 2010.
^ Pusia crocata Lam. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208151 on 24 April 2010.
^ Pusia multicostata . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208149 on 24 April 2010.
^ Pusia muriculata . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208152 on 24 April 2010.
^ Pusia pardalis . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208155 on 24 April 2010.
^ Pusia tuberosa . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208150 on 24 April 2010.