Rubyspira, JOHNSON ET AL., 2010

Souza, Bruno H. M., Passos, Flávio D., Shimabukuro, Maurício & Sumida, Paulo Y. G., 2021, An integrative approach distinguishes three new species of Abyssochrysoidea (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda) associated with organic falls of the deep south-west Atlantic, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191 : -

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052FB382-F322-4049-BD67-3A76F3956D19

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scientific name

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

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