''Pusionella lirata'' 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 marine
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 Clavatulidae
Clavatulidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. The family is not well differentiated morphologically.
Clavatulidae was raised, based on cladistic analysis, from subfamily to the family ...
.
This species is also considered a synonym of ''Pusionella milleti milleti'' (Petit de la Saussaye, S., 1851).
This has in turn become a synonym of ''
Clavatula milleti''.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 55 mm. The shell is whitish, or has a yellowish flesh-color, or brown. It is more or less decussated by longitudinal and revolving engraved lines, sometimes forming granulations especially on the
spire. The revolving lines are prominent on the
body whorl
The body whorl is part of the morphology of the shell in those gastropod mollusks that possess a coiled shell. The term is also sometimes used in a similar way to describe the shell of a cephalopod mollusk.
In gastropods
In gastropods, the b ...
, where the longitudinal ones are usually subobsolete.
[ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 235; 1884 (described as ''Pusionella milleti'')]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off
West Africa, and particularly along
Senegal.
References
External links
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lirata
Gastropods described in 1853
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