''Rugulina'' is a

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mollusc 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 esti ...

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Pendromidae Pendromidae is a family of 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 salt ...

Distribution

These species has a bipolar distribution. They occur in the cold waters of the Western Atlantic and two species off

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Species

Species within the genus ''Rugulina'' include: * '' Rugulina antarctica'' (Numanami, 1996) * '' Rugulina fragilis'' (Sars, 1878) * '' Rugulina ignobilis'' (Thiele, 1912) * ''

Rugulina monterosatoi ''Rugulina monterosatoi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pendromidae Pendromidae is a family of gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of inv ...

'' (van Aartsen & Bogi, 1986) * '' Rugulina tenuis'' (Thiele, 1912) * ''

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References

* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.'' Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213 * Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). ''All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia''. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp Pendromidae {{Pendromidae-stub