Pusionella vulpina

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

Pusionella vulpina
Apertural view of a shell of Pusionella vulpina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clavatulidae
Genus:	Pusionella
Species:	P. vulpina
Binomial name
Pusionella vulpina (Born, 1780)
Synonyms[1]
Fusus buccinatus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822 Murex vulpinus Born, 1780 (basionym) Pusionella rafel Pallary, P., 1920

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 46 mm. The shell is stouter than the shell of Pusionella aculeiformis. There are no longitudinal ribs. The upper part of the whorls contains two or three engraved revolving lines, and several more at the base of the body whorl. Otherwise, the shell is smooth and polished, or with microscopic revolving striae. The color of the shell is moderate brown, sometimes yellowish or orange-brown.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco, Senegal, Cameroon and Gabon.