''Pusia'' is a genus of

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mollusks in the family

Costellariidae Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This family of snails is also sometimes referred to as ''Vexillum'' miters. The main family ...

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Species

Species within the genus ''Pusia'' include: * '' Pusia anabelae'' F. Fernandes, 1992 * † '' Pusia aturensis'' Lozouet, 2021 * † '' Pusia avellanella'' (Boettger, 1906) * '' Pusia balutensis'' (Herrmann, 2009) * '' Pusia choslenae'' (Cernohorsky, 1982) * † ''

Pusia cognata ''Pusia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Costellariidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pusia Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p ...

'' (Bellardi, 1887) * '' Pusia dautzenbergi'' (Poppe, Guillot de Suduiraut & Tagaro, 2006) * † '' Pusia degrangei'' (Peyrot, 1928) * '' Pusia ebenus'' (Lamarck, 1811) * '' Pusia elliscrossi'' (Rosenberg & R. Salisbury, 1991) * '' Pusia granum'' (Forbes, 1844) * '' Pusia hansenae'' (Cernohorsky, 1973) * † '' Pusia hastata'' (Karsten, 1849) * '' Pusia ivanmarrowi'' Marrow, 2017 * '' Pusia jenyai'' Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017 * '' Pusia johnwolffi'' (Herrmann & R. Salisbury, 2012) * '' Pusia lauta'' (Reeve, 1845) * † '' Pusia leucozona'' (Andrzejowski, 1830) * '' Pusia marrowi'' (Cernohorsky, 1973) * ''

Pusia micra ''Pusia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Costellariidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pusia Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p ...

'' H.-J. Wang, 1982 * '' Pusia microzonias'' (Lamarck, 1811) * ''

Pusia paolinii ''Pusia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Costellariidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pusia Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p ...

'' Gori, Rosado & R. Salisbury, 2019 * †''

Pusia paraleucozona ''Pusia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Costellariidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pusia Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p ...

'' (Boettger, 1906) * † ''

Pusia pyrenaica ''Pusia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Costellariidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pusia Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p ...

'' (Peyrot, 1928) * '' Pusia savignyi'' (Payraudeau, 1826) * † '' Pusia semiplicata'' (Peyrot, 1928) * '' Pusia simoneae'' Marrow, 2017 * † '' Pusia subpyrenaica'' Lozouet, 2021 * † '' Pusia transsylvanica'' (Boettger, 1902) * '' Pusia tricolor'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Pusia vassardi'' Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017 * '' Pusia versicolor'' Marrow, 2017 * '' Pusia vicmanoui'' (H. Turner & Marrow, 2001) * † '' Pusia virodunensis'' Lozouet, 2021 * '' Pusia voluta'' Marrow, 2017 * ''

Pusia zebrina ''Pusia zebrina'' is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Pusia zebrina (d'Orbigny, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine S ...

'' (d'Orbigny, 1840) ;Synonyms: * ''Pusia amabilis'': synonym of '' Vexillum (Pusia) amabile'' (Reeve, 1845) * ''Pusia aureolata'': synonym of '' Vexillum (Pusia) aureolatum'' (Reeve, 1844) * ''Pusia bernhardina'' (Röding, 1798): synonym of ''

Condylomitra bernhardina ''Condylomitra bernhardina'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. Description The shell size varies between 12 mm and 30 mm Distribution This species is distribu ...

'' (Röding, 1798) * ''Pusia bibsae'' (Nowell-Usticke, 1969): synonym of '' Vexillum catenatum'' (Broderip, 1836) * ''Pusia callipicta'' Sarasúa, 1978: synonym of ''

Vexillum articulatum ''Vexillum articulatum'', common name the articulated mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. Description The length of the shell attains 11.4 mm. (Original descripti ...

'' (Reeve, 1845) (junior secondary homonym of Vexillum callipictum Woodring, 1928: Vexillum (Pusia) josefinae Sarasúa, 1985 is a replacement name) * ''Pusia cancellaroides''( Anton, 1838): synonym of '' Vexillum (Pusia) cancellarioides'' (Anton, 1838) * ''Pusia chibaensis'' Salisbury & Rosenberg, 1999: synonym of '' Vexillum (Pusia) chibaense'' (Salisbury & Rosenberg, 1999) * ''Pusia crocata'' (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of '' Vexillum (Pusia) crocatum'' (Lamarck, 1811) * ''Pusia epiphanea'' Rehder, 1943: synonym of '' Vexillum epiphaneum'' (Rehder, 1943) (original combination) * ''Pusia gemmata'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874): synonym of ''

Atlantilux gemmata ''Atlantilux gemmata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gas ...

'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874) * ''Pusia karpathoensis'' Nordsieck, 1969 : synonym of '' Mitromorpha karpathoensis'' (Nordsieck, 1969) * ''Pusia multicostata'': synonym of '' Vexillum (Pusia) multicostatum'' (Broderip, 1836) * ''Pusia muriculata'': synonym of '' Mitra (Nebularia) bernhardina'' (Röding, 1798) * ''Pusia nodulita'' Sarasúa, 1978: synonym of '' Vexillum catenatum'' (Broderip, 1836) * ''Pusia osiridis'' (Issel, 1869): synonym of ''

Orphanopusia osiridis ''Orphanopusia osiridis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine ...

'' (Issel, 1869) * ''Pusia pardalis'': synonym of '' Vexillum (Pusia) pardale'' (Küster, 1840) * ''Pusia patula'' (Reeve, 1845): synonym of '' Vexillum patulum'' (Reeve, 1845) * ''Pusia sagamiensis'' Kuroda & Habe, 1971: synonym of ''

Vexillum castum ''Vexillum castum'' is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. Homonymy Sowerby II, 1874 introduced the new replacement name ''Mitra hastata'' for ''Turricula casta'' H. Adams, 1 ...

'' (H. Adams, 1872) * ''Pusia splendidula'' Sarasúa, 1975: synonym of '' Vexillum variatum'' (Reeve, 1845) * ''Pusia tuberosa'': synonym of '' Mitra tuberosa'' Reeve, 1845'' * ''Pusia venusta'' Sarasúa, 1978: synonym of '' Vexillum pulchellum'' (Reeve, 1844) * ''Pusia voncoseli'' Poppe, Tagaro & Salisbury, 2009:synonym of '' Vexillum voncoseli'' (Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009

References

* Wang, H.-J. (1982). The Cenozoic gastropods from Hainan Island and Leizhou Peninsula of Guangdong Province. Memoirs of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica. 17: 117-189. page(s): 162

External links

Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp

Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626

Monterosato, T. A. di. (1917). Molluschi viventi e quaternari raccolti lungo le coste della Tripolitania dall'ing. Camillo Crema. Bollettino della Società Zoologica Italiana. ser. 3, 4: 1-28, pl. 1
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