| Pusionella valida | |
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| 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) |
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Pusionella valida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]
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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]
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean. This ascription is uncertain as this marine species is probably West African [3]