Pulsarella cognata
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon =Pulsarella cognata
| image = Pulsarella cognata 001.jpg
| image_caption = Drawing of a shell of Pulsarella cognata
| authority = (E. A. Smith, 1877)
| synonyms =
- Asthenotoma cognata (E.A. Smith, 1877).
- Pleurotoma cognata E. A. Smith, 1877
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}}
Pulsarella cognata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.WoRMS (2015). Pulsarella cognata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434827 on 2016-03-21
Description
The length of the shell attains 24 mm, its width 7 mm. It differs from Tomopleura reevii (C. B. Adams, 1850) to which it is closely related in color (being luteous white, purple-tinged towards the apex, the carinae white), in the number of carinae, twelve, and more produced spire.[https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia (New South Wales, Queensland).
References
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- {{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=E.A. |title=Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum |journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History |date=1877 |volume=4 |issue=19 |pages=488–501 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19241774}}
- Hedley, C. 1908. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part 10. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 456-489
- [https://archive.org/details/revisionofaustri00hedl Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56]
- Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1-56, pls 1-12.
External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=3|id=19603|title=Pulsarella cognata|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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