Eupusia pardalis
Species of gastropod
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Eupusia pardalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, commonly known as the ribbed miters.[1]
| Eupusia pardalis | |
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| Eupusia pardalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Eupusia |
| Species: | E. pardalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Eupusia pardalis (Küster, 1840) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The shell length varies between 14 and 20 millimeters.
The shell is yellowish to chocolate-brown, with an interrupted or continuous white band composed of irregular spots. The tops of the longitudinal ribs are lighter in color, sometimes white.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off South Africa, Mozambique, Mauritius, the Aldabra Atoll, and the Mascarene Basin, and in the Western Pacific Ocean, excluding Hawaii, and has been recorded off the coasts of the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland).
