Rugulina
Genus of gastropods
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Rugulina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pendromidae.[2]
| Rugulina | |
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| View of a shell of Rugulina verrilli | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Pendromidae |
| Genus: | Rugulina Palazzi, 1988 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Daronia monterosatoi van Aartsen & Bogi, 1986 | |
Distribution
These species has a bipolar distribution. They occur in the cold waters of the Western Atlantic and two species off Antarctica.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Rugulina include:
- Rugulina antarctica (Numanami, 1996)
- Rugulina fragilis (Sars, 1878)[4]
- Rugulina ignobilis (Thiele, 1912)
- Rugulina monterosatoi (van Aartsen & Bogi, 1986)[5]
- Rugulina tenuis (Thiele, 1912)
- Rugulina verrilli (Tryon, 1888)