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Prunum amygdalum

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Species of gastropod

Prunum amygdalum
Shell of Prunum amygdalum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Prunum
Species: P. amygdalum
Binomial name
Prunum amygdalum
(Kiener, 1841)
Synonyms
  • 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.

Description

The shell size varies between 8 mm and 22 mm

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2011)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Senegal.

References

  1. ^ Prunum amygdalum (Kiener, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2018.
  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp

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Taxon identifiers
Prunum amygdalum


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