Pusionella is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of sea snail

Sea snail

Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Clavatulidae

Clavatulidae

Clavatulidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.The family is not well differentiated morphologically....

.

Description

The fusiform shell is solid, smooth and shining. The whorls

Whorl (mollusc)

A whorl is a single, complete 360° revolution or turn in the spiral growth of a mollusc shell. A spiral configuration of the shell is found in of numerous gastropods, but it is also found in shelled cephalopods including Nautilus, Spirula and the large extinct subclass of cephalopods known as the...

 are numerous. The spire

Spire (mollusc)

A spire is a descriptive term for part of the coiled shell of mollusks. The word is a convenient aid in describing shells, but it does not refer to a very precise part of shell anatomy: the spire consists of all of the whorls except for the body whorl...

 is sharp. The lip

Lip (gastropod)

In the shell of a gastropod mollusk , the margin of the aperture is called the lip or the peristome. In other words, this is a term used to describe part of gastropod shell anatomy....

 lacks an anal sinus. The siphonal canal

Siphonal canal

Some sea marine gastropods have a soft tubular anterior extension of the mantle called a siphon through which water is drawn into the mantle cavity and over the gill and which serves as a chemoreceptor to locate food. In many carnivorous snails, where the siphon is particularly long, the structure...

 is short, exteriorly carinated at the base. The columella is twisted anteriorly. The operculum

Operculum (gastropod)

The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...

 has a lateral nucleus. The eyes are located at the external bases of the tentacles.

Species

Species within the genus Pusionella include:

• Pusionella aculeiformis
  Pusionella aculeiformis
  Pusionella aculeiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 31 mm and 54 mm....
  
  (Lamarck, 1822)
• Pusionella albocinctus
  Pusionella albocinctus
  Pusionella albocincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae....
  
  (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
• Pusionella buccinata (Lamarck, 1822)
• Pusionella compacta
  Pusionella compacta
  Pusionella compacta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -External links:*...
  
  Strebel, 1914
• Pusionella ghanaensis
  Pusionella ghanaensis
  Pusionella ghanaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -References:* Boyer F. & Ryall P. 2006. Two new Clavatulinae species from Ghana. Iberus 24: 33-38...
  
  Boyer & Ryall, 2006
• Pusionella lirata
  Pusionella lirata
  Pusionella lirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. This species is also considered a synonym of Pusionella milleti milleti -Description:...
  
  Adams A., 1853
• Pusionella lupinus
  Pusionella lupinus
  Pusionella lupinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. This species is also considered a synonym of Pusionella milleti milleti -Description:...
  
  (Philippi, 1850)
• Pusionella nifat
  Pusionella nifat
  Pusionella nifat is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -Description: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...
  
  (Bruguiere, 1789)
• Pusionella rapulum
  Pusionella rapulum
  Pusionella rapulum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -Description:The oblong shell is ovate The whorls are compressedly gibbous, forming a round shoulder, constricted and with revolving striae towards the base. Otherwise, the shell is smooth, except...
  
  Tryon, 1884
• Pusionella remorata
  Pusionella remorata
  Pusionella remorata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae....
  
  Sykes, 1905
• Pusionella valida
  Pusionella valida
  Pusionella valida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 40 mm. The shell is smooth and ponderous. There are 11-12 whorls, flatly rounded, with two or three striae around the upper portion,...
  
  (Dunker, 1852)
• Pusionella vulpina
  Pusionella vulpina
  Pusionella vulpina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -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...
  
  (Born, 1780)

Species brought into synonymy :

• Pusionella haasi Dautzenberg, 1912 : synonym of Pusionella valida
  Pusionella valida
  Pusionella valida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 40 mm. The shell is smooth and ponderous. There are 11-12 whorls, flatly rounded, with two or three striae around the upper portion,...
  
  (Dunker, 1852)
• Pusionella kraepelini Strebel, 1914 : synonym of Clavatula kraepelini
  Clavatula kraepelini
  Clavatula kraepelini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 37 mm.-References:...
  
  (Strebel, 1914)
• Pusionella scripta Nordsieck, 1975 : synonym of Mitrella broderipi
  Mitrella broderipi
  Mitrella broderipi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
  
  (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)