Pisania fasciculata
| Pisania fasciculata | |
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| Shell of Pisania fasciculata (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Pisaniidae |
| Genus: | Pisania |
| Species: | P. fasciculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pisania fasciculata (Reeve, 1846) | |
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Pisania fasciculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pisaniidae, first described in 1846 by Lovell Augustus Reeve as Buccinum fasciculatum.[1]
Description
The length of the shell of the lectotype attains 28.4 mm its diameter 10.4 mm.
(Original description) in Latin of Pisania crenilabrum) The shell is fusiform (spindle-shaped) with a prominently protruding spire. It is brown in color, adorned with a broad band that is obscurely jointed with chestnut-brown markings. There are seven whorls in total; the uppermost whorls are folded lengthwise, while the final, largest whorl is transversely ridged. The aperture is oval and relatively short. The inner lip is covered by a glossy callus, while the outer lip is somewhat thickened on the outside, featuring a finely notched margin. [2]
The species is variable in colour, being either brown, reddish-brown, grey or purplish, and is occasionally ornamented with axial streaks and small white spots on the spiral striae; in some specimens the dark axial zones and white spots are absent. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin; also off New Caledonia.
References
- ↑ Pisania fasciculata (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ↑ Adams, A. (1855). Descriptions of thirty-nine new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1854) 22: 130-138, pl. 28
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ Powell, A.W.B. (1971). "Powell". Powell. 6: 139. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
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- Crosse, H., 1862 Journal de Conchyliologie, 10:
- Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
- Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
- Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
- Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. pp. 16–52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
External links
- Reeve, L. A. (1846-1847). Monograph of the genus Buccinum. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pl. 1-14 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
- Griffith E. & Pidgeon E. (1833-1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12, In: E. Griffith, [1824−1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, (...). London: Whittaker and Co., viii + 601 pp., 61 pls.]
