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]
  • Egouena egouen Jousseaume, 1875
  • Marginella amygdala Kiener, 1841 (basionym)
  • Marginella gambiensis Redfield, 1851 (nomen dubium)

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. 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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