Prunum | |
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Prunum fulminatum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
Family: | Marginellidae |
Subfamily: | Pruninae |
Genus: | Prunum Herrmannsen, 1852 |
Type species | |
Voluta prunum Gmelin, 1791 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Prunum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. [1]
The separation between the genera Prunum and Volvarina is not very precise. They form together a monophyletic clade. The differences between these two genera are based on differences in the morphology of the shell, the radula, the radular cartilage, the mantle and the internal anatomy. [2] A rather arbitrary criterion is currently used to distinguish between the two genera. The large species with a strong callus are placed in Prunum, the slender species with a thin callus in Volvarina, leaving in between many ambiguous species. To date (2010) there is no phylogenetic analysis behind the current generic placements [1]
Species within the genus Prunum include: [1]
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Persicula is a taxonomic genus of minute to small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. It includes several species which are micromollusks.
Daphnella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Costoanachis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Zafrona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
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