Rubyspira

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Rubyspira
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Shell of Rubyspira from São Paulo Ridge
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:
Abyssochrysoidea
Family:
unassigned [1]
Genus:
Rubyspira

Johnson, Warén, Lee, Kano, Kaim, Davis, Strong & Vrijenhoek, 2010 [1]
Diversity [1]
2 species

Rubyspira is a genus of deep water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks unclassified in the family within the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea. [1]

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Distribution

They are known from Monterey Bay, California. [1]

Species

Species within the genus Rubyspira include:

Ecology

They are specialized bone-eating snails on whale falls. [1] They were found on carcass of gray whale. [1] Their main food source are bones of whales. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Johnson S. B., Warén A., Lee R. W., Kano Y., Kaim A., Davis A., Strong E. E. & Vrijenhoek R. C. (2010). "Rubyspira, new genus and two new species of bone-eating deep-sea snails with ancient habits". The Biological Bulletin 219(2): 166-177. HTML.
  2. ↑ Sumida P. Y. G., Alfaro-Lucas J. M., Shimabukuro M., Kitazato H., Perez J. A. A., Soares-Gomes A., Toyofuku T., Lima A. O. S., Ara K. & Fujiwara Y. (2016). "Deep-sea whale fall fauna from the Atlantic resembles that of the Pacific Ocean". Scientific Reports6: Article number: 22139. doi : 10.1038/srep22139.


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