Pruninae is a taxonomic subfamily within the larger family of
Marginellidae, a group of small
sea snail
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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Volutoidea
Volutoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Volutoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...
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Genera
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Balanetta''
Jousseaume, 1875
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Bullata
''Bullata'' is a genus of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Distribution
This is a tropical western Atlantic genus.
Habitat
Representatives from this genus have been recorded a ...
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Jousseaume, 1875
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Closia''
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, 1857
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Cryptospira
''Cryptospira'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid nam ...
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Hinds, 1844
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Hyalina
''Hyalina'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
''Hyalinia'' Charpentier, 1837 is a junior synonym of ''Oxychilus'' Fitzinger, 1833 (family Oxychilidae).
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Schumacher
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, 1817
* ''
Mirpurina''
Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2019
* ''
Prunum''
Herrmannsen, 1852
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Rivomarginella
''Rivomarginella'' is a genus of freshwater snails, gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
''Rivomarginella'' is the only freshwater genus in the marine family Marginellidae.
Distribution
They are native to Southeas ...
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Brandt, 1968
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Egouana'': synonym of ''Egouena''
Jousseaume, 1875: synonym of ''Prunum''
Herrmannsen, 1852 (invalid: incorrect alternative original spelling)
* ''Egouena''
Jousseaume, 1875: synonym of ''Prunum''
Herrmannsen, 1852
* ''Gibberulina''
Monterosato, 1884: synonym of ''Bullata''
Jousseaume, 1875
* ''Leptegouana''
Woodring, 1928: synonym of ''Prunum''
Herrmannsen, 1852
* ''Porcellanella''
Conrad, 1863 †: synonym of ''Prunum''
Herrmannsen, 1852 ( invalid: junior homonym of ''Porcellanella''
White, 1852 rustacea)
* ''Volutella''
Swainson, 1831: synonym of ''Bullata''
Jousseaume, 1875 (invalid: junior homonym of ''Volutella''
Perry, 1810 asidae
References
External links
A.E., Caballer Gutierrez M., Buge B., Sorokin P.V., Puillandre N., Bouchet P. (2019 [20 September]). Mapping the missing branch on the neogastropod tree of life: molecular phylogeny of marginelliform gastropods. Journal of Molluscan Studies.
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Marginellidae