Prunum abyssorum

Prunum abyssorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Prunum
Species:	P. abyssorum
Binomial name
Prunum abyssorum (Tomlin, 1916)
Synonyms
Dentimargo abyssorum(Tomlin, 1916) (original combination) Marginella abyssorumTomlin, 1916 Marginella seminulaDall, 1881 (Objective synonym of valid name (Marginella seminulaGould, 1860))

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

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