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Pulsarella clevei

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Pulsarella clevei
Shell of Pulsarella clevei (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Pulsarella
Species:
P. clevei
Binomial name
Pulsarella clevei
(Jousseaume, 1883)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia clevei (Jousseaume, 1883)
  • Oligotoma clevei Jousseaume, 1883 (original combination)

Pulsarella clevei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 9 mm. The shell is spirally costate. Its color is white, fasciate with light brown. The outer lip crenulate, ridged within, with a shallow, wide sinus. The columellar lip has a median callosity.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka

References

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  • Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27: 633–720.
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  • "Pulsarella clevei". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Jousseaume, F. (1883). Description d’espèces et genres nouveaux de mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 8: 186-204, pl. 10. page(s): 200