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Pulsarella fultoni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

Pulsarella fultoni

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

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 30 mm. The elongate shell has a sharp spire.It has a pale grey color with dark, longitudinal , irregularly scattered strigae, tinted on both sides in a dark color. The shell contains 11 whorls. The sutures are hardly impressed. The body whorl is slightly convex with 7 - 8 carinae. The small aperture is elongate-oval. The outer lip is deeply sinuated. The siphonal canal is very short.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off False Bay, South Transkei and the Agulhas Bank, . South Africa

References

Pulsarella fultoni Wikipedia