''Tosapusia'' is a

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of sea snails,

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gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

s, in the

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Costellariidae Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This family of snails is also sometimes referred to as ''Vexillum'' miters. The main family o ...

, the ribbed miters.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Tosapusia'' Habe, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596814 on 2018-12-31

Species

Species within the genus ''Tosapusia'' include: * ''

Tosapusia bismarckeana ''Tosapusia bismarckeana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Tosapusia bismarckeana'' Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017. Accessed through: World Regist ...

'' Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017 * ''

Tosapusia duplex ''Tosapusia duplex'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine ga ...

'' (Cernohorsky, 1982) * ''

Tosapusia evelyniana ''Tosapusia evelyniana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Tosapusia evelyniana'' (Huang, 2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...

'' (Huang, 2017) * ''

Tosapusia isaoi ''Tosapusia isaoi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Tosapusia isaoi'' (Kuroda & Sakurai, 1959). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...

'' (Kuroda & Sakurai, 1959) * † '' Tosapusia kalimnanensis'' (Cernohorsky, 1970) * ''

Tosapusia kurodai ''Tosapusia kurodai'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine g ...

'' (Sakurai & Habe, 1964) * ''

Tosapusia longirostris ''Tosapusia longirostris'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, mari ...

'' Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017 * ''

Tosapusia myurella ''Tosapusia myurella'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine ...

'' Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017 * † ''

Tosapusia neudorfensis ''Tosapusia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Tosapusia'' Habe, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.o ...

'' (Schaffer, 1898) * † ''

Tosapusia pseudocupressina ''Tosapusia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks, in the family (biology), family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Tosapusia'' Habe, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (Bałuk, 1997) * ''

Tosapusia sauternesensis ''Tosapusia sauternesensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Tosapusia sauternesensis'' (Guillot de Suduiraut, 1997). Accessed through: World Registe ...

'' (Guillot de Suduiraut, 1997) * ''

Tosapusia turriformis ''Tosapusia turriformis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marin ...

'' Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017 * ''

Tosapusia vitiaz ''Tosapusia vitiaz'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Tosapusia vitiaz'' Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017 ;Synonyms: * ''

Tosapusia evelynae ''Tosapusia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Tosapusia'' Habe, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.o ...

'' (Guillot de Suduiraut, 2007): synonym of ''

'' (S.-I. Huang, 2017)

Habitat and Distribution

As presented in-text in the study of Fedosov et al. (2017): *"

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, from

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to Japan and

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, in deep water (300–1000 m) on soft bottoms".

References

* Azuma, M. (1965). On the radulae of the family Vexillidae. Venus. 24(1): 53-57. * Huang S.-I hih-I (2015). New Costellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Taiwan and the North Atlantic Ocean. Visaya. 4(4): 43-53. Costellariidae {{Costellariidae-stub