Pulsarella cognata

Pulsarella cognata
Drawing of a shell of Pulsarella cognata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: 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

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

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).

References

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