Pugilina tupiniquim
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| Pugilina tupiniquim | |
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| A shell of Pugilina tupiniquim from Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Melongenidae |
| Genus: | Pugilina |
| Species: | P. tupiniquim |
| Binomial name | |
| Pugilina tupiniquim Abbate & Simone, 2015 | |
Pugilina tupiniquim is a species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies. This species and its Eastern Atlantic congener, Pugilina morio, were once thought to be a single, amphiatlantic entity. They have, however, been recognized as distinct taxa based on anatomical and environmental differences.[1]