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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae buccinum whelks

Genus: Pisania

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15 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 1.9 cm DL
 
Pisania bernardoi
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Pisania crenilabrum
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Pisania decollata
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Max. Length 3.5 cm ShH
 
Pisania fasciculata
[Banded pisania]
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Pisania gracilis
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Max. Length 6.2 cm DL
 
Pisania hedleyi
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific

Pisania ignea(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Pisania ignea
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Pisania iostomus
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Pisania jenningsi
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Pisania lannumi
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Coltro, Marcus

Atlantic Ocean.
Max. Length 4.8 cm DL
Pisania pusio(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Pisania pusio
[Miniature trumpet triton]

FAO

Mediterranean Sea.
Max. Length 3 cm TL
Pisania striata(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by FAO
 
Pisania striata
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Pisania sugimotoi
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Pisania tritonoides
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Pisania truncata
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