Pusionella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.
The fusiform shell is solid, smooth and shining, with numerous whorls. The spire is sharp. The lip lacks an anal sinus. The siphonal canal is short, and exteriorly carinated at the base. The columella is twisted anteriorly. The operculum has a lateral nucleus. The eyes are located at the external bases of the tentacles.
This genus occurs off the western coast of Africa.
Species within the genus Pusionella include:
Pusionella buccinata (Lamarck, 1822)Pusionella compacta Strebel, 1914Pusionella ghanaensis Boyer & Ryall, 2006Pusionella lirata Adams A., 1853Pusionella lupinus (Philippi, 1850)Pusionella nifat (Bruguiere, 1789)† Pusionella pseudofusus (Desmoulins, 1842) (fossil in depositis from the Miocene, Burdigalian, Graves near Bordeaux, France) Pusionella rapulum Tryon, 1884Pusionella remorata Sykes, 1905Pusionella valida (Dunker, 1852)Pusionella vulpina (Born, 1780)Species brought into synonymyPusionella aculeiformis (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Perrona aculeiformis (Lamarck, 1816)Pusionella albocincta (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851): synonym of Pusionella nifat (Bruguière, 1789)Pusionella grandis A. Adams, 1853 : synonym of Pusionella valida (Dunker, 1852)Pusionella haasi Dautzenberg, 1912: synonym of Pusionella valida (Dunker, 1852)Pusionella kraepelini Strebel, 1914: synonym of Clavatula kraepelini (Strebel, 1914)Pusionella milleti milleti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851) : synonym of Clavatula milleti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)Pusionella milleti subgranulatus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851): synonym of Clavatula milleti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)Pusionella rafel Pallary, P., 1920: synonym of Pusionella vulpina (Born, 1780)Pusionella scripta Nordsieck, 1975: synonym of Mitrella broderipi (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
