Rubellatoma rubella

Rubellatoma rubella, common name the reddish mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Rubellatoma rubella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Rubellatoma
Species:
R. rubella
Binomial name
Rubellatoma rubella
(Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
Synonyms[1]
  • Kurtziella rubella (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
  • Mangelia rubella Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 11 mm.

Distribution

R. rubella can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the coast of North Carolina south to Brazil.;[2] in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

References

  1. Rubellatoma rubella (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 August 2011.
  2. Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 667.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Rubellatoma rubella". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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