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

Pulsarella cognata
Drawing of a shell of Pulsarella cognata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: 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

Description

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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

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This marine species is endemic to Australia (New South Wales, Queensland).

References

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  • Smith, E.A. (1877). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 488–501.
  • Hedley, C. 1908. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part 10. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 456-489
  • Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
  • Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1-56, pls 1-12.
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