Rugulina

Rugulina
View of a shell of Rugulina verrilli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Family: Pendromidae
Genus: Rugulina
Palazzi, 1988 [1]
Type species
Daronia monterosatoi van Aartsen & Bogi, 1986

Rugulina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pendromidae.[2]

Distribution

These species has a bipolar distribution. They occur in the cold waters of the Western Atlantic and two species off Antarctica.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Rugulina include:

References

  1. ↑ Palazzi S. (1988). Su Adeorbis exquisitus Jeffreys e specie affini. Notiziario del C.I.S.MA. 11: 1-14
  2. ↑ Rugulina Palazzi, 1988.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 December 2012.
  3. ↑ J. A. Crame, Bipolar Molluscs and Their Evolutionary Implications, Journal of Biogeography, Vol. 20, No. 2, Mar., 1993
  4. ↑ Rugulina fragilis (Sars, 1878).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Rugulina monterosatoi (van Aartsen & Bogi, 1986).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 April 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp


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