| Pusionella nifat | |
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| Five views of a shell of Pusionella nifat | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Pusionella |
| Species: | P. nifat |
| Binomial name | |
| Pusionella nifat (Bruguiere, 1789) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Pusionella nifat is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. [1] [2]
The whorls are usually narrowly shouldered above. The shell is whitish under a light olivaceous, thin epidermis, with several revolving series of square chestnut spots. The base is constricted, with a few engraved striae. The shouldered form is Pusionella nifat scalarina [3]
This species differs from Pusionella vulpina by its median white band. [3]
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa (Gabon, Cameroon) and Angola. Living species have been dredged up in the Mediterranean Sea off Algeria. [3]
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