Rubyspira
Genus of gastropods
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Rubyspira is a genus of deep water sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs, the only genus in family Rubyspiridae[2] within the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea.[1]
| Rubyspira | |
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| Shell of Rubyspira from São Paulo Ridge | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Superfamily: | Abyssochrysoidea |
| Family: | Rubyspiridae Kaim, 2022 |
| Genus: | Rubyspira Johnson, Warén, Lee, Kano, Kaim, Davis, Strong & Vrijenhoek, 2010[1] |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 2 species | |
Distribution
They are known from Monterey Bay, California.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Rubyspira include:
Ecology
They are specialized bone-eating snails on whale falls.[1] They were found on carcass of gray whale.[1] Their main food source are bones of whales.[1]
