Pusia tricolor
Shell of Pusia tricolor (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Pusia
Species:	P. tricolor
Binomial name
Pusia tricolor (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra exilis Locard, 1890 Mitra gracilis Costa O.G., 1844 Mitra punctulata Risso, 1826 Mitra pusilla Bivona Ant., 1832 Pusia (Ebenomitra) tricolor (Gmelin, 1791) Turricula (Uromitra) tricolor (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted Vexillum tricolor (Gmelin, 1791) Voluta tricolor Gmelin, 1791

Pusia tricolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off France.

References

• Costa, O.G. (1844) Catalogo de'testacei viventi del piccolo e grande mare di Taranto redatto sul sistema di Lamarck. Atti Reale Accademia di Scienze in Napoli, 5, 13–66, 4 pls

External links

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• Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
• Locard, A. (1890). Notices conchyliologiques. X. Les Mitres des côtes de France. i>L'Echange 6(62): 109-110
• Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris, F.G. Levrault. 3(XVI): 1-480, 14 pls.
• Bivona-Bernardi Ant. (1832). Caratteri di alcune nuove specie di conchiglie. Effemeride Scientifiche e Letterarie per la Sicilia. 2: 16-24, pls 2-3.