Pusia cubana
| Pusia cubana | |
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| Shell of Vexillum cubanum (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Pusia |
| Species: | P. cubana |
| Binomial name | |
| Pusia cubana | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pusia cubana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 10 mm.Due to being from family of costellariidae it shares similarities to other members of the family such as a high spire,narrow aperture and a well developed siphonal canal.
These are non broadcast spawning and are not found in trochophore phase(an early larval type state).
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Cuba in near Western atlantic and in the Caribbean Sea.This region is mainly known for its seamounts and knolls.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Pusia cubana (Aguayo & Rehder, 1936). 21 March 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Aguayo, C. G. & Rehder, H. A. (1936). New marine mollusks from Cuba. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural Felipe Poey. 9: 263–268, plate 24
- Nowell-Usticke, G.W. (1959) A Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix U. S. Virgin Islands with Random Annotations. G.W. Nowell-Usticke, St. Croix, 90 pp., 4 pls.
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.
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