Pusia microzonias
| Pusia microzonias | |
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| Shell of Pusia microzonias (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Pusia |
| Species: | P. microzonias |
| Binomial name | |
| Pusia microzonias (Lamarck, 1811) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pusia microzonias 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 9.3 mm, its diameter 4.1 mm.
(Described as Mitra microzonias) The shell shows a row of white spots so arranged as to come one on each rib, forming a chain on the centre of the body whorl.[2]
(Described as Mitra glabra) The shell is oblong-ovate in shape, notably thick, and possesses a smooth, polished surface. It is longitudinally ribbed; these ribs are rounded in form, though they become obsolete on the body whorl. The columella is equipped with four distinct folds.
The shell is a ashy-brown, while the lower portion of the body whorl transitions into a chestnut-brown. Furthermore, the shell is encircled by a single, narrow, yellowish band. [3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Fiji, Ascension Island and in many other parts of the western Pacific, from Indonesia to the Marshall Islands.[4]
References
- 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Pusia microzonias (Lamarck, 1811). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957117 on 2018-12-31
- ↑ Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published
- ↑ Pease, W.H. (1868). "Description of sixty-five new species of marine Gastropodae, inhabiting Polynesia". American Journal of Conchology. 3 (4): 272. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- W.O.Cernohorsky, The Mitridae of Fiji - The Veliger v. 8 (1965-1966)
- 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.