''Prunum apicinum'' is a
species
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of small
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
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 ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the
family
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Marginellidae
Marginellidae, or the margin shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small, often colorful, sea snails, Marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Neogastropoda.
Taxonomy
The higher classification of ...
, the margin snails.
Description
Distribution
''P. apicinum'' can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from
North Carolina
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to the
Virgin Islands
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.
[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. 659.]
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Marginellidae
Gastropods described in 1828
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