# Pusionella

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Genus of gastropods

Pusionella Apertural view of a shell of Pusionella nifat Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Neogastropoda Superfamily: Conoidea Family: Clavatulidae Genus: Pusionella Gray, 1847 Type species Buccinum nifat Bruguière, 1789 Synonyms[1] Netrum Philippi, 1850 (invalid: junior objective synonym of Pusionella)

***Pusionella*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [sea snails](/source/Sea_snail), marine [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Clavatulidae](/source/Clavatulidae).[1]

## Description

The fusiform shell is solid, smooth and shining, with numerous [whorls](/source/Whorl_(mollusc)). The [spire](/source/Spire_(mollusc)) is sharp. The [lip](/source/Lip_(gastropod)) lacks an anal sinus. The [siphonal canal](/source/Siphonal_canal) is short, and exteriorly carinated at the base. The [columella](/source/Columella_(mollusc)) is twisted anteriorly. The [operculum](/source/Operculum_(gastropod)) has a lateral nucleus. The eyes are located at the external bases of the tentacles.[2]

## Distribution

This genus occurs off the western coast of Africa.

## Species

Species within the genus *Pusionella* include:

- *[Pusionella buccinata](/source/Pusionella_buccinata)* (Lamarck, 1822)[3]

- *[Pusionella compacta](/source/Pusionella_compacta)* Strebel, 1914[4]

- *[Pusionella ghanaensis](/source/Pusionella_ghanaensis)* Boyer & Ryall, 2006[5]

- *[Pusionella lirata](/source/Pusionella_lirata)* Adams A., 1853[6]

- *[Pusionella lupinus](/source/Pusionella_lupinus)* (Philippi, 1850)[7]

- *[Pusionella nifat](/source/Pusionella_nifat)* (Bruguiere, 1789)[8]

- † *[Pusionella pseudofusus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pusionella_pseudofusus&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Desmoulins, 1842) (fossil in depositis from the [Miocene](/source/Miocene), Burdigalian, Graves near Bordeaux, France) [9][10]

- *[Pusionella rapulum](/source/Pusionella_rapulum)* Tryon, 1884[11]

- *[Pusionella remorata](/source/Pusionella_remorata)* Sykes, 1905[12]

- *[Pusionella valida](/source/Pusionella_valida)* (Dunker, 1852)[13]

- *[Pusionella vulpina](/source/Pusionella_vulpina)* (Born, 1780)[14]

**Species brought into synonymy**

- *Pusionella aculeiformis* (Lamarck, 1822):[15] synonym of *[Perrona aculeiformis](/source/Perrona_aculeiformis)* (Lamarck, 1816)

- *Pusionella albocincta* (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851):[16] synonym of *[Pusionella nifat](/source/Pusionella_nifat)* (Bruguière, 1789)

- *Pusionella catelini* (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851) accepted as *[Perrona aculeiformis](/source/Perrona_aculeiformis)* (Lamarck, 1816)

- *Pusionella grandis* A. Adams, 1853 : synonym of *[Pusionella valida](/source/Pusionella_valida)* (Dunker, 1852)

- *Pusionella haasi* Dautzenberg, 1912:[17] synonym of *[Pusionella valida](/source/Pusionella_valida)* (Dunker, 1852)

- *Pusionella kraepelini* Strebel, 1914: synonym of *[Clavatula kraepelini](/source/Clavatula_kraepelini)* (Strebel, 1914)

- *Pusionella milleti milleti* (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851) : synonym of *[Clavatula milleti](/source/Clavatula_milleti)* (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)

- *Pusionella milleti subgranulatus* (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851): synonym of *[Clavatula milleti](/source/Clavatula_milleti)* (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)

- *Pusionella rafel* Pallary, P., 1920: synonym of *[Pusionella vulpina](/source/Pusionella_vulpina)* (Born, 1780)

- *Pusionella recurvirostris* Marrat, 1877 accepted as *Pusionella aculeiformis* (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as *[Perrona aculeiformis](/source/Perrona_aculeiformis)* (Lamarck, 1816)

- *Pusionella scripta* Nordsieck, 1975: synonym of *[Mitrella broderipi](/source/Mitrella_broderipi)* (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)

- *Pusionella testabilis* Jousseaume, 1896: synonym of *[Daphnella rissoides](/source/Daphnella_rissoides)* (Reeve, 1843)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-1) [*Pusionella* Gray, 1847](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224449). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 6 April 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [George Washington Tryon](/source/George_Washington_Tryon), Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 158; 1884

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*Pusionella buccinatus* (Lamarck, 1822)](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434831). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 15 April 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [*Pusionella compacta* Strebel, 1914](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434832). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 15 April 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [*Pusionella ghanaensis* Boyer & Ryall, 2006](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390428). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 15 April 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [*Pusionella lirata* Adams A., 1853](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434833). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 15 April 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [*Pusionella lupinus* (Philippi, 1850)](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434834). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 15 April 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [*Pusionella nifat* (Bruguiere, 1789)](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224450). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 15 April 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Arthur Wrigley (1932), "English Eocene Surculites." Journal of Molluscan Studies 23.5 (1939): 277-284](http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/5/277.extract)[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [Moreno, Josep A., Anselmo PEÑAS, and Emilio ROLÁN. "Contribución al conocimiento de la fauna malacológica miocénica de La Pedrera, Sant Lloren~ d'Hortons (NE de la Península Ibérica)." (2003).](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Josep_Moreno-Bedmar/publication/262564909_Contribucin_al_conocimiento_de_la_fauna_malacolgica_miocnica_de_La_Pedrera_Sant_Lloren_d'Hortons_(NE_de_la_Pennsula_Ibrica)/links/02e7e5381164043c9a000000.pdf)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [*Pusionella rapulum* Tryon, 1884](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434835). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 15 April 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [*Pusionella remorata* Sykes, 1905](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434836). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 15 April 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** [*Pusionella valida* (Dunker, 1852)](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434837). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 15 April 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** [*Pusionella vulpina* (Born, 1780)](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225548). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 15 April 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** [*Pusionella aculeiformis* (Lamarck, 1822)](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225543). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 15 April 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** [*Pusionella albocinctus* (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434830). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 15 April 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** [*Pusionella haasi* Dautzenberg, 1912](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225093). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 15 April 2010.

- Petit R.E. (2012) John Edward Gray (1800-1875): his malacological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 3214: 1-125. page(s): 137; note: type species fixation under Art. 70.3

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Pusionella](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pusionella).

- [Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219.](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913)

- [Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308](http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full.pdf)

Taxon identifiers Pusionella Wikidata: Q3722676 BOLD: 126829 CoL: 7PFBK GBIF: 4369144 IRMNG: 1295124 NCBI: 473959 Open Tree of Life: 1036446 Paleobiology Database: 11610 WoRMS: 224449

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