Rubellatoma diomedea

Rubellatoma diomedea
Shell of Rubellatoma diomedea (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Rubellatoma
Species:	R. diomedea
Binomial name
Rubellatoma diomedea Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
Synonyms[1]
Kurtziella (Rubellatoma) diomedea (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939) Kurtziella diomedea (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)

Rubellatoma diomedea, common name the red-brown mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 10mm, its diameter 4mm.

Distribution

R. diomedea can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from the coast of Texas to the Campeche Bank.[2]

References

1. Rubellatoma diomedea Bartsch & Rehder, 1939. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 August 2011.
2. Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 667.

• Bartsch, Paul, and Harald A. Rehder. "New turritid mollusks from Florida." Proceedings of the United States National Museum (1939).
• 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

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• "Rubellatoma diomedea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.