Prunum amabile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
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 Christi Press, 2009. 658–659.
  • Tiziano Cossignani (2006). Marginellidae and Cystiscidae of the world. ISBN 978-88-86070-10-2.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.


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