Pulsarella cognata
Species of gastropod
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Pulsarella cognata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Pulsarella cognata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Pulsarella |
| Species: | P. cognata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pulsarella cognata (E. A. Smith, 1877) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 24 mm, its width 7 mm. It differs from Tomopleura reevii (C. B. Adams, 1850) to which it is closely related in color (being luteous white, purple-tinged towards the apex, the carinae white), in the number of carinae, twelve, and more produced spire.[2]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia (New South Wales, Queensland).