Rubellatoma rufocincta

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Rubellatoma rufocincta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Rubellatoma
Species:
R. rufocincta
Binomial name
Rubellatoma rufocincta
(Smith, E.A., 1882)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma (Mangilia) rufocinctaE. A. Smith, 1882

Rubellatoma rufocincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Porto Cavalho, Brazil.

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References

  1. Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.