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| 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 | |
Rubyspira is a genus of deep water sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs, the only genus in family Rubyspiridae[2] within the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea.[1]
Distribution
[edit]They are known from Monterey Bay, California.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Rubyspira include:
- Rubyspira goffrediae Johnson, Warén, Lee, Kano, Kaim, Davis, Strong & Vrijenhoek, 2010[1]
- Rubyspira osteovora Johnson, Warén, Lee, Kano, Kaim, Davis, Strong & Vrijenhoek, 2010 - type species of the genus Rubyspira[1]
- Rubyspira from São Paulo Ridge (undescribed species)[3]
Ecology
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Johnson S. B., Warén A., Lee R. W., Kano Y., Kaim A., Davis A., Strong E. E. & Vrijenhoek R. C. (2010). "Rubyspira, new genus and two new species of bone-eating deep-sea snails with ancient habits". The Biological Bulletin 219(2): 166-177. HTML.
- ↑ =Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Rubyspiridae Kaim, 2022". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ↑ Sumida P. Y. G., Alfaro-Lucas J. M., Shimabukuro M., Kitazato H., Perez J. A. A., Soares-Gomes A., Toyofuku T., Lima A. O. S., Ara K. & Fujiwara Y. (2016). "Deep-sea whale fall fauna from the Atlantic resembles that of the Pacific Ocean". Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 22139. doi:10.1038/srep22139.
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