Rubyspira, JOHNSON ET AL., 2010
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052FB382-F322-4049-BD67-3A76F3956D19 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:052FB382-F322-4049-BD67-3A76F3956D19 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9528F53A-FF81-660F-FCD6-FF66FB09FDA3 |
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Felipe |
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Rubyspira |
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GENUS: RUBYSPIRA JOHNSON ET AL., 2010 View in CoL
Type species: Rubyspira osteovora Johnson et al., 2010 (by original designation).
Diagnosis: Tall adult shell, composed by various, spirally sculptured whorls covered by a periostracum forming small bristles, and bearing no siphonal canal; the multispiral protoconch was considered as reflecting a planktotrophic development sealed with a calcareous plug. Two pallial tentacles are present, there being a large one on the right corner of the snout and a single smaller one on the left.
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