Pusionella nifat

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Pusionella nifat
Drawing of Pusionella nifat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Pusionella
Species: P. nifat
Binomial name
Pusionella nifat
(Bruguiere, 1789)
Synonyms[1]

Buccinum nifat Bruguiere, 1789

Pusionella nifat is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

the shouldered form of Pusionella nifat

Description

The whorls are usually narrowly shouldered above. The shell is whitish under a light olivaceous, thin epidermis, with several revolving series of square chestnut spots. The base is constricted, with a few engraved striae. The shouldered form is Pusionella nifat scalarina[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along West Africa (Gabon) and Angola. Living species have been dredged up in the Mediterranean Sea along Algeria.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pusionella nifat (Bruguiere, 1789).  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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 235; 1884
  • 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.
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.

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