Pulsarella fultoni
Pulsarella fultoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
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| Original drawing of a shell of Pulsarella fultoni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Pulsarella |
| Species: | P. fultoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Pulsarella fultoni (G.B. Sowerby III, 1888) | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 30 mm. The elongate shell has a sharp spire. It has a pale grey color with dark, longitudinal, irregularly scattered strigae, tinted on both sides in a dark color. The shell contains 11 whorls. The sutures are hardly impressed. The body whorl is slightly convex with 7 - 8 carinae. The small aperture is elongate-oval. The outer lip is deeply sinuated. The siphonal canal is very short.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off False Bay, South Transkei and the Agulhas Bank, . South Africa
References
- Sartori, André F. (2015). Pulsarella fultoni. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434828 on 2016-03-22
- G.B. Sowerby III, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888, p. 210, pi. xi. f. 17
- G.B. Sowerby III, Journal. of Conchology, vol. vi. 1889.
- G.B. Sowerby III (1892) Marine shells of South Africa - a catalogue of all the known species
External links
- "Pulsarella fultoni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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