Prunum caledonicum

Prunum caledonicum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, named the margin snails.[2]

Prunum caledonicum
Shell of Prunum caledonicum (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. caledonicum
Binomial name
Prunum caledonicum
Cossignani, 2001[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References
  1. Cossignani (2001). Malacologia (Mostra Mondiale) 35 : 12–17. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  2. Prunum caledonicum Cossignani, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Cossignani T. (2001) Descrizione di sei nuove marginelle (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Marginellidae e Cystiscidae) della Nuova Caledonia. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 35: 12-17
  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.


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