Eupusia klytios
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Eupusia |
| Species: | E. klytios |
| Binomial name | |
| Eupusia klytios | |
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Eupusia klytios is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[2]
Etymology
The word klytios refers to the name Clytius, a brother of Priamos, king of Troy. It was chosen to mean that the species is like a brother of the species Pusia microzonias.[2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 18 millimetres (0.71 in).
Distribution
This marine species occurs in shallow waters the Indo-West Pacific; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), typically at depths of 20 metres (66 ft).[2]
References
- ↑ Turner (2008). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 137 (1) : 105-125. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 Eupusia klytios (Turner, 2008). 3 March 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Turner H. (2008) New species of the family Costellariidae from the Indian and Pacific Oceans (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 137(1): 105–125. [27 June 2008] page(s): 111
- Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
External links
- Fedosov, A.; Bouchet, P.; Dekkers, A.; Gori, S.; Huang, S.-I.; Kantor, Y.; Lemarcis, T.; Marrow, M.; Ratti, C.; Rosenberg, G.; Salisbury, R.; Zvonareva, S.; Puillandre, N. (2025). "The phylogeny and systematics of the Costellariidae (Caenogastropoda: Turbinelloidea) revisited". Invertebrate Systematics. 39 (7): 26. doi:10.1071/is24101. PMID 40608992.