''Prunum pyrumoides'' is a
species of
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 in the
family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Description
Distribution
References
* Lussi M. & Smith G. (1999) ''Family Marginellidae Fleming, 1828. New species belonging to the family Marginellidae from off South Africa.'' Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 29: 10–15.page(s): 11
Marginellidae
Gastropods described in 1999
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