Pusionella valida
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon =Pusionella valida
| image = Pusionella valida 002.jpg
| image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of Pusionella valida
| authority = (Dunker, 1852)
| synonyms =
- Buccinanops valida (Dunker, 1852)
- Bullia valida Dunker, 1852 (basionym)
- Clavatula candida (Philippi, 1848)
- Fusus candidus Philippi, 1848
- Fusus reclusianus Petit de la Saussaye, 1851
- Pusionella grandis A. Adams, 1853
- Pusionella haasi Dautzenberg, 1912
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Pusionella valida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.{{WRMS species|434837|Pusionella valida (Dunker, 1852)||25 August 2011}}{{cite journal |author1=P. Bouchet |author2=Yu. I. Kantor |author3=A. Sysoev |author4=N. Puillandre |year=2011 |title=A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) |journal=Journal of Molluscan Studies |volume=77 |issue=3 |pages=273–308 |doi=10.1093/mollus/eyr017|doi-access=free |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02458082/file/Bouchet%20et%20al%202011%20J.%20Moll.%20Stud.pdf }}
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 40 mm. The shell is smooth and ponderous. There are 11–12 whorls, flatly rounded, with two or three striae around the upper portion, and several at the base of the body whorl. The color of the shell is light yellowish brown.George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 234; 1884
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean. This ascription is uncertain as this marine species probably occurs from West African to Namibia
References
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- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46615#page/20/mode/1up Dautzenberg, Ph. - Mission Gruvel sur la còte occidentale d'Afrique; Paris :Masson et cie 1912, p. 8] (described as Pusionella haasi)
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
- 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
- Nolf F. (2010) Pusionella haasi Dautzenberg, 1912 a junior synonym of Pusionella valida (Dunker, 1852) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Clavatulidae). Neptunea 9(4): 1–10
External links
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- {{Gastropods.com|key=0|id=44450|title=Pusionella valida|access-date=6 April 2011}}
- [https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/im/item/2000-2980?listIndex=2&listCount=15 Syntype in the MNHN, Paris]
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