Pusia variata
Species of gastropod
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Pusia variata is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Pusia variata | |
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| Shell of Pusia variata(specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Pusia |
| Species: | P. variata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pusia variata (Reeve, 1845) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 19 mm.
The shell is yellowish brown with a dark superior band, and a white band with dark margins below the middle. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Bahamas and Bermuda; in the Caribbean Sea; off Brazil.
