Pulsarella cognata

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

Pulsarella cognata
Drawing of a shell of Pulsarella cognata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Pulsarella
Species:	P. cognata
Binomial name
Pulsarella cognata (E. A. Smith, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
Asthenotoma cognata (E.A. Smith, 1877). Pleurotoma cognata E. A. Smith, 1877

Description

The length of the shell attains 24 mm, its width 7 mm. It differs from Tomopleura reevii (C. B. Adams, 1850) to which it is closely related in color (being luteous white, purple-tinged towards the apex, the carinae white), in the number of carinae, twelve, and more produced spire.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia (New South Wales, Queensland).