Pusionella lupinus

Pusionella lupinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.^[1][2]

Pusionella lupinus
Clavatula milleti (Petit de la Saussaye, S., 1851)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clavatulidae
Genus:	Pusionella
Species:	P. lupinus
Binomial name
Pusionella lupinus (Philippi, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
Fusus lupinus Philippi, 1850

This species is also considered a synonym of Pusionella milleti milleti (Petit de la Saussaye, S., 1851).^[3] This has also become a synonym of Clavatula milleti

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 55 mm. The shell is whitish, or has a yellowish flesh-color, or brown. It is more or less decussated by longitudinal and revolving engraved lines, sometimes forming granulations especially on the spire. The revolving lines are prominent on the body whorl, where the longitudinal ones are usually subobsolete.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, and particularly off Senegal.