Prunum bellulum

Prunum bellulum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Marginellidae
Subfamily:	Marginellinae
Genus:	Prunum
Species:	P. bellulum
Binomial name
*Prunum bellulum* (Dall, 1890)
Synonyms^[1]
Marginella avenacea Deshayes, 1844 (basionym) Marginella bella Conrad, 1868 Porcellanella bella (Conrad, 1868) Prunum avenacea auct. (misspelling and misidentification) Prunum bellum Conrad, 1868 Prunum bellum var. bellulum Dall, 1890 Prunum bellum var. ineptum Dall, 1890 Volvarina avenacea (Deshayes, 1844)

Prunum bellulum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and off the Lesser Antilles.

1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2014). Prunum bellulum (Dall, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581066 on 2014-12-11

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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