Pusia ebenus, common names brown mitre, ivory mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1][2]

Pusia ebenus
Shell of Pusia ebenus (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Pusia
Species:
P. ebenus
Binomial name
Pusia ebenus
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra biplicata Risso, 1826
  • Mitra bourguignati Locard, 1891
  • Mitra caffra Scacchi, 1836
  • Mitra carna Nardo, 1847
  • Mitra congesta Locard, 1886
  • Mitra cordierii Maravigna, 1853
  • Mitra cornicula Risso, 1826
  • Mitra cornicularis Costa, 1829
  • Mitra costulata Risso, 1826
  • Mitra defrancii Payraudeau, 1826
  • Mitra ebenina Locard, 1886
  • Mitra ebenus Lamarck, 1811
  • Mitra ebenus haifensis Nordsieck, 1982
  • Mitra ebenus var. costata Weinkauff, 1868
  • Mitra ebenus var. laevigata Weinkauff, 1868
  • Mitra gracilis Locard, 1890
  • Mitra littoralis Risso, 1826
  • Mitra plicatuliformis Locard, 1891
  • Mitra plumbea Lamarck, 1811
  • Mitra servaini Locard, 1890
  • Mitra subpyramidella Locard, 1891
  • Mitra tunetana Pallary, 1903
  • Pusia (Ebenomitra) ebenus (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Turricula (Uromitra) ebenus (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Turricula (Uromitra) ebenus var. nigra Pallary, 1900
  • Uromitra blanci Pallary, 1912
  • Uromitra ebenus (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Uromitra ebenus var. totanigra Pallary, 1912
  • Vexillum (Pusia) ebenus (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Vexillum ebenus (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Vexillum gervilli B.C.M. Payraudeau, 1827
  • Voluta plicatula Brocchi, 1814

Description

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The shell size varies between 20 mm and 36 mm

Distribution

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This species is distributed in West European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Pusia ebenus (Lamarck, 1811). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957138 on 2018-12-31
  2. ^ MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0.
  • Risso, A., 1826 - Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes-Maritimes. Mollusques, vol. 4, p. 1-439, 12 pls
  • Maravigna C. (1853). Descrizione di alcune nuove o poco conosciute specie di conchiglie siciliane. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali (2) 8: 121-140
  • Arnaud, P. M., 1978. - Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerrannéens introduits par Antoine Risso. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice "1977"5: 101-150
  • Nordsieck, F. (1982). Die Europäischen Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken (Prosobranchia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. 2., Völlig Neubearbeitete und Erweiterte Auflage. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, xii + 539: pp
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