''Pusia vicmanoui'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk, 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 ...
, the ribbed miters.
[MolluscaBase (2018). ''Pusia vicmanoui'' (H. Turner & Marrow, 2001). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957160 on 2018-12-31][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.]
Distribution
This species occurs off the
Austral Islands, French Polynesia.
References
* Turner, H.; Marrow, M.P. (2001). Five new Vexillum (Costellaria) species from various Indo-Pacific locations and remarks on Vexillum (Costellaria) perrieri (Dautzenberg, 1929) (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Costellariidae). Novapex (Jodoigne) 2(2): 43-55
* Herrmann, M. & Salisbury, R., 2012. New deep water Vexillum (Costellaria) species from French Polynesia with new records of Vexillum (Costellaria) vicmanoui Turner & Marrow, 2001 and Vexillum (Costellaria) hoaraui Guillot de Suduiraut, 2007 (Gastropoda: Costellariidae). Gloria Maris 51(5-6): 105-148
External links
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
vicmanoui
Gastropods described in 2001
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