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)

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

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Description

Distribution

P. amabile can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from North Carolina to Brazil.[2]

References

  1. ^ Prunum amabile (Redfield, 1852).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420147 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 Cristi Press, 2009. 658-659.