Pusionella
Pusionella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.
Description
The fusiform shell is solid, smooth and shining, with numerous whorls. The spire is sharp. The lip lacks an anal sinus. The siphonal canal is short, and exteriorly carinated at the base. The columella is twisted anteriorly. The operculum has a lateral nucleus. The eyes are located at the external bases of the tentacles.Distribution
This genus occurs off the western coast of Africa.Species
Species within the genus Pusionella include:- Pusionella buccinata
- Pusionella compacta Strebel, 1914
- Pusionella ghanaensis Boyer & Ryall, 2006
- Pusionella lirata Adams A., 1853
- Pusionella lupinus
- Pusionella nifat
- † Pusionella pseudofusus
- Pusionella rapulum Tryon, 1884
- Pusionella remorata Sykes, 1905
- Pusionella valida
- Pusionella vulpina
- Pusionella aculeiformis : synonym of Perrona aculeiformis
- Pusionella albocincta : synonym of Pusionella nifat
- Pusionella catelini accepted as Perrona aculeiformis
- Pusionella grandis A. Adams, 1853 : synonym of Pusionella valida
- Pusionella haasi Dautzenberg, 1912: synonym of Pusionella valida
- Pusionella kraepelini Strebel, 1914: synonym of Clavatula kraepelini
- Pusionella milleti milleti : synonym of Clavatula milleti
- Pusionella milleti subgranulatus : synonym of Clavatula milleti
- Pusionella rafel Pallary, P., 1920: synonym of Pusionella vulpina
- Pusionella recurvirostris Marrat, 1877 accepted as Pusionella aculeiformis accepted as Perrona aculeiformis
- Pusionella scripta Nordsieck, 1975: synonym of Mitrella broderipi
- Pusionella testabilis Jousseaume, 1896: synonym of ''Daphnella rissoides''