Pusionella ghanaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[2][3]

Pusionella ghanaensis
Shell of Pusionella ghanaensis (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Pusionella
Species:
P. ghanaensis
Binomial name
Pusionella ghanaensis
Boyer & Ryall, 2006[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 25 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Ghana.

References

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  1. ^ Boyer & Ryall. 2006. Iberus Volume: 24 Issue: 2 Pages: 33-38. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Pusionella ghanaensis Boyer & Ryall, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 August 2011.
  3. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  • Boyer F. & Ryall P. 2006. Two new Clavatulinae species (Caenogastropoda: Turridae) from Ghana. Iberus 24(2): 33–38
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