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Pusia Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

206261 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206261)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Mitra microzonias Lamarck, 1811 accepted as Pusia microzonias (Lamarck, 1811) accepted as Eupusia microzonias (Lamarck, 1811) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Costellariidae MacDonald, 1860

Original name

Tiara (Pusia) Swainson, 1840

Synonymised names

Mitra (Pusia) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted

Pusia (Exilipusiolina) H.-J. Wang, 1982 † · alternative representation

Pusia (Pusia) Swainson, 1840 · alternative representation

Pusia (Pusiolina) Cossmann, 1921 · unaccepted

Tiara (Pusia) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted (original rank)

Turricula (Pusia) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted

Turricula (Uromitra) Bellardi, 1887 · unaccepted

Vexillum (Pusia) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted

Vulpecula (Pusia) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted

Direct children (87)

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Species Pusia alarum S.-I Huang, 2023
Species Pusia anabelae F. Fernandes, 1992
Species Pusia articulata (Reeve, 1845)
Species Pusia aurae S.-I Huang, 2023
Species Pusia chickcharneora (W. G. Lyons & Kaicher, 1978)
Species Pusia cubana (Aguayo & Rehder, 1936)
Species Pusia dahlia Fedosov, Bouchet, Dekkers, Gori, S.-I Huang, Kantor, Lemarcis, Marrow, Ratti, Rosenberg, R. Salisbury, Zvonareva & Puillandre, 2025
Species Pusia dermestina (Lamarck, 1811)
Species Pusia epiphanea Rehder, 1943
Species Pusia exigua (C. B. Adams, 1845)
Species Pusia hansenae (Cernohorsky, 1973)
Species Pusia hendersoni (Dall, 1927)
Species Pusia histrio (Reeve, 1844)
Species Pusia hutia Fedosov, Bouchet, Dekkers, Gori, S.-I Huang, Kantor, Lemarcis, Marrow, Ratti, Rosenberg, R. Salisbury, Zvonareva & Puillandre, 2025
Species Pusia hypatiae (Pallary, 1912)
Species Pusia ivanmarrowi Marrow, 2017
Species Pusia marrowi (Cernohorsky, 1973)
Species Pusia monilifera (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Species Pusia paolinii Gori, Rosado & R. Salisbury, 2019
Species Pusia pulchella (Reeve, 1844)
Species Pusia quokka Marrow, 2024
Species Pusia simoneae Marrow, 2017
Species Pusia trophonia (Dall, 1889)
Species Pusia variata (Reeve, 1845)
Species Pusia versicolor Marrow, 2017
Species Pusia voluta Marrow, 2017
Species Pusia zebrina (A. d'Orbigny, 1840)
Subgenus Pusia (Ebenomitra) Monterosato, 1917 accepted as Ebenomitra Monterosato, 1917 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
1. Species Pusia (Ebenomitra) angeloamatii Amati, 2024 accepted as Ebenomitra angeloamatii (Amati, 2024)
2. Species Pusia (Ebenomitra) ebenus (Lamarck, 1811) accepted as Ebenomitra ebenus (Lamarck, 1811) †
3. Species Pusia (Ebenomitra) granum (Forbes, 1844) accepted as Ebenomitra granum (Forbes, 1844)
4. Species Pusia (Ebenomitra) savignyi (Payraudeau, 1826) accepted as Ebenomitra savignyi (Payraudeau, 1826)
5. Species Pusia (Ebenomitra) tricolor (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Ebenomitra tricolor (Gmelin, 1791)
Subgenus Pusia (Pusiolina) Cossmann, 1921 accepted as Pusia Swainson, 1840
Subgenus Pusia (Pusionella) J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Pusionella J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
1. Species Pusia (Pusionella) karpathensis F. Nordsieck, 1969 accepted as Mitromorpha karpathensis (F. Nordsieck, 1969) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Pusia (Vexillena) Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017 accepted as Vexillena Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
1. Species Pusia (Vexillena) balutensis (Herrmann, 2009) accepted as Vexillena balutensis (Herrmann, 2009)
2. Species Pusia (Vexillena) choslenae (Cernohorsky, 1982) accepted as Vexillena choslenae (Cernohorsky, 1982)
3. Species Pusia (Vexillena) dautzenbergi (Poppe, E. Guillot de Suduiraut & Tagaro, 2006) accepted as Vexillena dautzenbergi (Poppe, E. Guillot de Suduiraut & Tagaro, 2006)
4. Species Pusia (Vexillena) elliscrossi (Rosenberg & R. Salisbury, 1991) accepted as Vexillena elliscrossi (Rosenberg & R. Salisbury, 1991)
5. Species Pusia (Vexillena) jenyai Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017 accepted as Vexillena jenyai (Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017)
6. Species Pusia (Vexillena) johnwolffi (Herrmann & R. Salisbury, 2012) accepted as Vexillena johnwolffi (Herrmann & R. Salisbury, 2012)
7. Species Pusia (Vexillena) vicmanoui (H. Turner & Marrow, 2001) accepted as Vexillena vicmanoui (H. Turner & Marrow, 2001)
Species Pusia amabilis (Reeve, 1845) accepted as Vexillum amabile (Reeve, 1845)
Species Pusia angeloamatii Amati, 2024 accepted as Ebenomitra angeloamatii (Amati, 2024) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pusia aureolata (Reeve, 1844) accepted as Vexillum aureolatum (Reeve, 1844)
Species Pusia balutensis (Herrmann, 2009) accepted as Vexillena balutensis (Herrmann, 2009) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pusia bernhardina (Röding, 1798) accepted as Condylomitra bernhardina (Röding, 1798)
Species Pusia bibsae (Nowell-Usticke, 1969) accepted as Vexillum catenatum (Broderip, 1836) accepted as Canaripusia catenata (Broderip, 1836)
Species Pusia callipicta Sarasúa, 1978 accepted as Vexillum articulatum (Reeve, 1845) accepted as Pusia articulata (Reeve, 1845) (junior secondary homonym of Vexillum callipictum Woodring, 1928: Vexillum (Pusia) josefinae Sarasúa, 1985 is a replacement name)
Species Pusia cancellarioides (Anton, 1838) accepted as Vexillum cancellarioides (Anton, 1838)
Species Pusia chibaensis R. Salisbury & Rosenberg, 1999 accepted as Vexillum chibaense (R. Salisbury & Rosenberg, 1999)
Species Pusia choslenae (Cernohorsky, 1982) accepted as Vexillena choslenae (Cernohorsky, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pusia crocata (Lamarck, 1811) accepted as Vexillum crocatum (Lamarck, 1811)
Species Pusia dautzenbergi (Poppe, E. Guillot de Suduiraut & Tagaro, 2006) accepted as Vexillena dautzenbergi (Poppe, E. Guillot de Suduiraut & Tagaro, 2006) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pusia ebenus (Lamarck, 1811) accepted as Ebenomitra ebenus (Lamarck, 1811) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pusia elliscrossi (Rosenberg & R. Salisbury, 1991) accepted as Vexillena elliscrossi (Rosenberg & R. Salisbury, 1991) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pusia gemmata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874) accepted as Atlantilux gemmata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)
Species Pusia granum (Forbes, 1844) accepted as Ebenomitra granum (Forbes, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pusia jenyai Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017 accepted as Vexillena jenyai (Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pusia johnwolffi (Herrmann & R. Salisbury, 2012) accepted as Vexillena johnwolffi (Herrmann & R. Salisbury, 2012) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pusia karpathensis F. Nordsieck, 1969 accepted as Mitromorpha karpathensis (F. Nordsieck, 1969) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pusia lauta (Reeve, 1845) accepted as Eupusia lauta (Reeve, 1845) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pusia microzonias (Lamarck, 1811) accepted as Eupusia microzonias (Lamarck, 1811) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pusia multicostata (Broderip, 1836) accepted as Vexillum multicostatum (Broderip, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pusia muriculata (Lamarck, 1811) accepted as Mitra bernhardina Röding, 1798 accepted as Condylomitra bernhardina (Röding, 1798)
Species Pusia nodulita Sarasúa, 1978 accepted as Vexillum catenatum (Broderip, 1836) accepted as Canaripusia catenata (Broderip, 1836)
Species Pusia osiridis (Issel, 1869) accepted as Orphanopusia osiridis (Issel, 1869)
Species Pusia pardalis (Küster, 1840) accepted as Eupusia pardalis (Küster, 1840)
Species Pusia patula (Reeve, 1845) accepted as Vexillum patulum (Reeve, 1845)
Species Pusia sagamiensis Kuroda & Habe, 1971 accepted as Pilgrivexillum sagamiense (Kuroda & Habe, 1971) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pusia savignyi (Payraudeau, 1826) accepted as Ebenomitra savignyi (Payraudeau, 1826) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pusia splendidula Sarasúa, 1975 accepted as Vexillum variatum (Reeve, 1845) accepted as Pusia variata (Reeve, 1845) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Pusia tricolor (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Ebenomitra tricolor (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pusia tuberosa (Reeve, 1845) accepted as Condylomitra tuberosa (Reeve, 1845)
Species Pusia vassardi Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017 accepted as Eupusia vassardi (Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pusia venusta Sarasúa, 1978 accepted as Vexillum pulchellum (Reeve, 1844) accepted as Pusia pulchella (Reeve, 1844)
Species Pusia vicmanoui (H. Turner & Marrow, 2001) accepted as Vexillena vicmanoui (H. Turner & Marrow, 2001) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pusia voncoseli Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009 accepted as Vexillum voncoseli (Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009)
Subgenus Pusia (Pusia) Swainson, 1840 represented as Pusia Swainson, 1840
1. Species Pusia (Pusia) lauta (Reeve, 1845) accepted as Eupusia lauta (Reeve, 1845)
2. Species Pusia (Pusia) microzonias (Lamarck, 1811) accepted as Eupusia microzonias (Lamarck, 1811)
3. Species Pusia (Pusia) vassardi Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017 accepted as Eupusia vassardi (Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
4. Species Pusia (Pusia) hansenae (Cernohorsky, 1973) represented as Pusia hansenae (Cernohorsky, 1973)
5. Species Pusia (Pusia) marrowi (Cernohorsky, 1973) represented as Pusia marrowi (Cernohorsky, 1973)
6. Species Pusia (Pusia) paolinii Gori, Rosado & R. Salisbury, 2019 represented as Pusia paolinii Gori, Rosado & R. Salisbury, 2019

Environment

marine

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Tiara (Pusia) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 320 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pusia Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206261 on 2025-07-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

1997-11-18 15:28:05Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-28 06:51:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-10-18 15:29:19Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2010-10-18 15:30:22Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2013-03-12 12:47:15Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-03-06 17:33:19Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-08-03 17:32:04Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Tiara (Pusia) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 320 [details]

original description (of Pusia (Exilipusiolina) H.-J. Wang, 1982 †) Wang, H.-J. (1982). The Cenozoic gastropods from Hainan Island and Leizhou Peninsula of Guangdong Province. Memoirs of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica. 17: 117-189.
page(s): 162 [Chinese text], 189 [English text] [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Pusia (Pusiolina) Cossmann, 1921) Cossmann, M. (1921). Rectifications de nomenclature. Revue Critique de Paléozoologie et de Paléophytologie. 25(2): 79-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33551556 [details]

basis of record 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): IS24101: 1-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is24101
page(s): 33 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomy

status source Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12431 [details]