Pisania luctuosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.[1]

Pisania luctuosa
a live animal of Pisania luctuosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Pisaniidae
Genus: Pisania
Species:
P. luctuosa
Binomial name
Pisania luctuosa
Synonyms

Buccinum luctuosum Tapparone Canefri, 1880 (original combination)

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References edit

  • Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
  • Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. pp. 16–52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.