Prunum amabile

Prunum amabile
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Prunum
Species: P. amabile
Binomial name
Prunum amabile
(Redfield, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Marginella amabilis Redfield, 1852 (basionym)
  • Marginella roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
  • Prunum roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939

Prunum amabile is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Distribution

P. amabile can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from North Carolina to Brazil.,[2] in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

References

  1. 1 2 Prunum amabile (Redfield, 1852).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 June 2012.
  2. Felder, Darryl L & Sylvia A. Earle. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Biodiversity. Corpus Christi, TX: Texas A&M University—Corpus Cristi Press, 2009. 658-659.


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