Rugulina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pendromidae.[2]
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View of a shell of Rugulina verrilli | |
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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Genus: | Rugulina Palazzi, 1988 [1]
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Type species | |
Daronia monterosatoi van Aartsen & Bogi, 1986
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Distribution
editThese species has a bipolar distribution. They occur in the cold waters of the Western Atlantic and two species off Antarctica.[3]
Species
editSpecies within the genus Rugulina include:
- Rugulina antarctica (Numanami, 1996)
- Rugulina fragilis (Sars, 1878)[4]
- Rugulina ignobilis (Thiele, 1912)
- Rugulina monterosatoi (van Aartsen & Bogi, 1986)[5]
- Rugulina tenuis (Thiele, 1912)
- Rugulina verrilli (Tryon, 1888)
References
edit- ^ Palazzi S. (1988). Su Adeorbis exquisitus Jeffreys e specie affini. Notiziario del C.I.S.MA. 11: 1-14
- ^ Rugulina Palazzi, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 December 2012.
- ^ J. A. Crame, Bipolar Molluscs and Their Evolutionary Implications, Journal of Biogeography, Vol. 20, No. 2, Mar., 1993
- ^ Rugulina fragilis (Sars, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 April 2010.
- ^ Rugulina monterosatoi (van Aartsen & Bogi, 1986). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 April 2010.
- 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