Pusionella ghanaensis
Pusionella ghanaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[2][3]
| Pusionella ghanaensis | |
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| Shell of Pusionella ghanaensis (holotype in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Pusionella |
| Species: | P. ghanaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pusionella ghanaensis Boyer & Ryall, 2006[1] | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 25 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Ghana.
References
- Boyer & Ryall. 2006. Iberus Volume: 24 Issue: 2 Pages: 33-38. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- Pusionella ghanaensis Boyer & Ryall, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 August 2011.
- P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- Boyer F. & Ryall P. 2006. Two new Clavatulinae species (Caenogastropoda: Turridae) from Ghana. Iberus 24(2): 33–38
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