Pusia ebenus

Pusia ebenus, common names brown mitre, ivory mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1][2]

Pusia ebenus
Shell of Pusia ebenus (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Pusia
Species:
P. ebenus
Binomial name
Pusia ebenus
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra biplicata Risso, 1826
  • Mitra bourguignati Locard, 1891
  • Mitra caffra Scacchi, 1836
  • Mitra carna Nardo, 1847
  • Mitra congesta Locard, 1886
  • Mitra cordierii Maravigna, 1853
  • Mitra cornicula Risso, 1826
  • Mitra cornicularis Costa, 1829
  • Mitra costulata Risso, 1826
  • Mitra defrancii Payraudeau, 1826
  • Mitra ebenina Locard, 1886
  • Mitra ebenus Lamarck, 1811
  • Mitra ebenus haifensis Nordsieck, 1982
  • Mitra ebenus var. costata Weinkauff, 1868
  • Mitra ebenus var. laevigata Weinkauff, 1868
  • Mitra gracilis Locard, 1890
  • Mitra littoralis Risso, 1826
  • Mitra plicatuliformis Locard, 1891
  • Mitra plumbea Lamarck, 1811
  • Mitra servaini Locard, 1890
  • Mitra subpyramidella Locard, 1891
  • Mitra tunetana Pallary, 1903
  • Pusia (Ebenomitra) ebenus (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Turricula (Uromitra) ebenus (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Turricula (Uromitra) ebenus var. nigra Pallary, 1900
  • Uromitra blanci Pallary, 1912
  • Uromitra ebenus (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Uromitra ebenus var. totanigra Pallary, 1912
  • Vexillum (Pusia) ebenus (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Vexillum ebenus (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Vexillum gervilli B.C.M. Payraudeau, 1827
  • Voluta plicatula Brocchi, 1814

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 36 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in West European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Pusia ebenus (Lamarck, 1811). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957138 on 2018-12-31
  2. MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0.
  • Risso, A., 1826 - Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes-Maritimes. Mollusques, vol. 4, p. 1-439, 12 pls
  • Maravigna C. (1853). Descrizione di alcune nuove o poco conosciute specie di conchiglie siciliane. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali (2) 8: 121-140
  • Arnaud, P. M., 1978. - Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerrannéens introduits par Antoine Risso. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice "1977"5: 101-150
  • Nordsieck, F. (1982). Die Europäischen Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken (Prosobranchia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. 2., Völlig Neubearbeitete und Erweiterte Auflage. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, xii + 539: pp


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