Pusionella valida

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

Pusionella valida
Apertural view of a shell of Pusionella valida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clavatulidae
Genus:	Pusionella
Species:	P. valida
Binomial name
Pusionella valida (Dunker, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
Buccinanops valida (Dunker, 1852) Bullia valida Dunker, 1852 (basionym) Clavatula candida (Philippi, 1848) Fusus candidus Philippi, 1848 Fusus reclusianus Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 Pusionella grandis A. Adams, 1853 Pusionella haasi Dautzenberg, 1912

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 40 mm. The shell is smooth and ponderous, featuring 11–12 whorls, flatly rounded, with two or three striae around the upper portion, and several at the base of the body whorl. The color of the shell is light yellowish brown.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean. This ascription is uncertain as this marine species probably occurs from West African to Namibia^[3]