Pusia articulata
Species of gastropod
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Pusia articulata, common name the articulated mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Pusia articulata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Pusia |
| Species: | P. articulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pusia articulata (Reeve, 1845) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 11.4 mm.
(Original description) The shell is shortly fusiform and somewhat ventricose. The whorls are smooth, longitudinally rather obsoletely plicated, slightly tubercled in the middle. The shell is pale pinkish scarlet, encircled with a small white brown-articulated zone. The columella is four-plaited. [2]
The shell is pale pinkish scarlet, encircled with a small white brown articulated zone. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.