Biology:Pusia variata
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Pusia |
| Species: | P. variata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pusia variata (Reeve, 1845)
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Pusia variata is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 19 mm.
The shell is yellowish brown with a dark superior band, and a white band with dark margins below the middle. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Bahamas and Bermuda; in the Caribbean Sea; off Brazil.
References
- ↑ Pusia variata (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ↑ Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Sarasúa, H. (1975). Nuevos género, subgénero y especies de moluscos marinos neogastrópodos. Poeyana. 140: 1-15.
- Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
External links
- Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
- Fedosov, A.; Bouchet, P.; Dekkers, A.; Gori, S.; Huang, S.-I.; Kantor, Y.; Lemarcis, T.; Marrow, M. et al. (2025). "The phylogeny and systematics of the Costellariidae (Caenogastropoda: Turbinelloidea) revisited". Invertebrate Systematics 39 (7): 26. doi:10.1071/is24101. PMID 40608992. https://hal.science/hal-05142403.
- WMSDB: image
Wikidata ☰ Q7924203 entry
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