Rubellatoma rubella

Rubellatoma rubella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
Genus: Rubellatoma
Species: R. rubella
Binomial name
Rubellatoma rubella
(Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)

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

Distribution

R. rubella can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the coast of North Carolina south to Brazil.;[3] in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

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 rubella (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species 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.
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