Prunum amygdalum
| Prunum amygdalum | |
|---|---|
| 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. amygdalum |
| Binomial name | |
| Prunum amygdalum (Kiener, 1841) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Prunum amygdalum, common name : the almond marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 8 mm and 22 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along the Western Sahara and Guinea-Bissau.
References
- 1 2 Prunum amygdalum (Kiener, 1841) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 January 2011.
- Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp
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