Pisania pusio
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| Pisania pusio | |
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| Five views of a shell of Pisania pusio | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Pisaniidae |
| Genus: | Pisania |
| Species: | P. pusio |
| Binomial name | |
| Pisania pusio (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Pisania pusio is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.[1]
The size of the shell varies between 19 mm and 51 mm. The color of the shell is chocolate or purplish, with revolving series of red-brown arrowheaded markings. The interior of the aperture is bluish . The columella and the edge of the outer lip has a fawn color. There is usually a white central band on the body.[2]
