Prunum succineum

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

Prunum succineum
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. succineum
Binomial name
Prunum succineum
(Conrad, 1846)
Synonyms.[1]
  • Hyalina veliei (Pilsbry, 1896)
  • Marginella succinea Conrad, 1846 (original combination)
  • Marginella veliei Pilsbry, 1896
  • Volvarina veliei (Pilsbry, 1896)

Description

Distribution

P. succineum can be found in Atlantic waters, off the western coast of Florida.[2] and in the Gulf of Mexico.

References
  1. Prunum succineum (Conrad, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  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. 659.
  • 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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