''Prunum magnificum'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod 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 es ...
in the
family
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Marginellidae
Marginellidae, or the margin shells, are a taxonomic family of small, often colorful, sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Neogastropoda.
Taxonomy
The higher classification of the family Marginellidae has long been in a state ...
, the margin snails.
Distribution
''P. magnificum'' can be found in
Caribbean waters, off the northwestern coast of
Cuba
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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.]
References
Marginellidae
Gastropods described in 1989
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