Biology:Pulsarella clevei

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Pulsarella clevei
Pulsarella clevei (MNHN-IM-2000-2846).jpeg
Shell of Pulsarella clevei (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Pulsarella
Species:
P. clevei
Binomial name
Pulsarella clevei
(Jousseaume, 1883)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia clevei (Jousseaume, 1883)
  • Oligotoma clevei Jousseaume, 1883 (original combination)

Pulsarella clevei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm. The shell is spirally costate. Its color is white, fasciate with light brown. The outer lip crenulate, ridged within, with a shallow, wide sinus. The columellar lip has a median callosity.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka

References

  • Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27: 633–720.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10355458 entry