Prunum rostratum

Prunum rostratum
Shell of Prunum rostratum (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Prunum
Species:	P. rostratum
Binomial name
Prunum rostratum (Redfield, 1870)
Synonyms
Egouena canella Jousseaume, 1875 Marginella rostrata Redfield, 1870 (original combination) Prunum canellum (Jousseaume, 1875)

Prunum rostratum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

Distribution

P. rostratum can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from Campeche to Panama.

References

• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
• Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp

External links

• Redfield J.H. (1870). Catalogue of the known species, Recent and fossil, of the family Marginellidae. American Journal of Conchology. 6(2): 215-269
• Jousseaume F. (1875). Coquilles de la famille des marginelles. Monographie. Revue et Magazin de Zoologie. ser. 3, 3: 164-271; 429-435

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