Prunum abyssorum

Prunum abyssorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Prunum abyssorum
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. abyssorum
Binomial name
Prunum abyssorum (Tomlin, 1916)
Synonyms
Dentimargo abyssorum (Tomlin, 1916) (original combination) Marginella abyssorum Tomlin, 1916 Marginella seminula Dall, 1881 (Objective synonym of valid name (Marginella seminula Gould, 1860))

Distribution

P. abyssorum can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Yucatan.[2]

References

1. Prunum abyssorum (Tomlin, 1916). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
2. Felder, Darryl L & Sylvia A. Earle. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Biodiversity. Corpus Christi, TX: Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Press, 2009. 658–659.

• Tomlin J.R. le B. (1916). Notes on Marginella. Journal of Conchology. 15: 43.
• Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.

External links

• Dall W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (1877–78), by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, 9(2): 33–144
• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas