Pusia ebenus

Pusia ebenus, common names brown mitre, ivory mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1][2]

Pusia ebenus
Shell of Pusia ebenus (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Pusia
Species:	P. ebenus
Binomial name
Pusia ebenus (Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra biplicata Risso, 1826 Mitra bourguignati Locard, 1891 Mitra caffra Scacchi, 1836 Mitra carna Nardo, 1847 Mitra congesta Locard, 1886 Mitra cordierii Maravigna, 1853 Mitra cornicula Risso, 1826 Mitra cornicularis Costa, 1829 Mitra costulata Risso, 1826 Mitra defrancii Payraudeau, 1826 Mitra ebenina Locard, 1886 Mitra ebenus Lamarck, 1811 Mitra ebenus haifensis Nordsieck, 1982 Mitra ebenus var. costata Weinkauff, 1868 Mitra ebenus var. laevigata Weinkauff, 1868 Mitra gracilis Locard, 1890 Mitra littoralis Risso, 1826 Mitra plicatuliformis Locard, 1891 Mitra plumbea Lamarck, 1811 Mitra servaini Locard, 1890 Mitra subpyramidella Locard, 1891 Mitra tunetana Pallary, 1903 Pusia (Ebenomitra) ebenus (Lamarck, 1811) Turricula (Uromitra) ebenus (Lamarck, 1811) Turricula (Uromitra) ebenus var. nigra Pallary, 1900 Uromitra blanci Pallary, 1912 Uromitra ebenus (Lamarck, 1811) Uromitra ebenus var. totanigra Pallary, 1912 Vexillum (Pusia) ebenus (Lamarck, 1811) Vexillum ebenus (Lamarck, 1811) Vexillum gervilli B.C.M. Payraudeau, 1827 Voluta plicatula Brocchi, 1814

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 36 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in West European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.