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Pulsarella cognata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

Pulsarella cognata

Pulsarella cognata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.

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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.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia (New South Wales, Queensland).

References

Pulsarella cognata Wikipedia