Rubellatoma diomedea

Rubellatoma diomedea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
Genus: Rubellatoma
Species: R. diomedea
Binomial name
Rubellatoma diomedea
Bartsch & Rehder, 1939

Rubellatoma diomedea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

Contents

Description

Distribution

R. diomedea can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from the coast of Texas to the Campeche Bank.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  2. ^ Rubellatoma diomedea Bartsch & Rehder, 1939.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420358 on 11 August 2011.
  3. ^ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 667.