Eupusia lauta
| Eupusia lauta | |
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| Original image of Eupusia lauta | |
| Radula of Eupusia lauta (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Eupusia |
| Species: | E. lauta
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| Binomial name | |
| Eupusia lauta (Reeve, 1845)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Eupusia lauta, common name the gaily mainted mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Description
(Original description) The shell is stoutly ovate and rather solid, with a spire that is obtusely rounded. Its surface is marked by somewhat obsolete longitudinal plicate ribs; the ribs themselves are smooth, while the spaces between them are distinctly impressed with striations. The ribs are orange-red in color, whereas the interstices are dark black, and the middle portion of the whorls is white. The columella bears four folds.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.
References
- ^ a b Eupusia lauta (Reeve, 1845). 3 March 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- MNHN, Paris: specimen
- 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.