Eupusia klytios

Eupusia klytios
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Eupusia
Species:
E. klytios
Binomial name
Eupusia klytios
(Turner , 2008)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Vexillum (Pusia) klytios Turner, 2008
  • Vexillum klytios H. Turner, 2008 superseded combination

Eupusia klytios is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

References

  • Turner H. (2008) New species of the family Costellariidae from the Indian and Pacific Oceans (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 137(1): 105–125. [27 June 2008] page(s): 111
  • Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • Fedosov, A.; Bouchet, P.; Dekkers, A.; Gori, S.; Huang, S.-I.; Kantor, Y.; Lemarcis, T.; Marrow, M.; Ratti, C.; Rosenberg, G.; Salisbury, R.; Zvonareva, S.; Puillandre, N. (2025). "The phylogeny and systematics of the Costellariidae (Caenogastropoda: Turbinelloidea) revisited". Invertebrate Systematics. 39 (7): 26. doi:10.1071/is24101. PMID 40608992.