Prunum olivaeforme

Prunum olivaeforme
Shell of Prunum olivaeforme (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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. olivaeforme
Binomial name
Prunum olivaeforme (Kiener, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
Bullata hindsiana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851) Egouena laeta Jousseaume, 1875 Marginella constricta Hinds, 1844 Marginella hindsiana Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 Marginella laeta Jousseaume, 1875 Marginella olivaeformis Kiener, 1834 (basionym) Prunum olivaeformis (Kiener, 1834) Volvarina olivaeformis (Kiener, 1834)

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

Description[]

The length of the shell attains 12 mm.

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Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off Senegal.

References[]

• Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp

External links[]

• Kiener L.C. (1834-1841). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles. Vol. 3. Famille des Columellaires. Genres Mitre (Mitra), Lamarck, pp. 1-120, pl. 1-34
• Hinds, R. B. (1844). Descriptions of Marginellae collected during the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur, and from the collection of H. Cuming Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1844) 12: 72-77
• Petit de la Saussaye S. (1851). Notice sur le genre Marginelle, Marginella, Lamarck, suivie d'un catalogue synonymique des espèces de ce genre. Journal de Conchyliologie. 2: 38-59
• 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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