Prunum guttatum
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Prunum guttatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.{{WRMS species|420156|Prunum guttatum (Dillwyn, 1817)||24 April 2010}}
Description
The shell is oval with the spire concealed. It is covered with transverse oval spots margined with white, somewhat ocellate, and disposed longitudinally.{{cite web|author=William Swainson|title=Zoological Illustrations Series II.|no-pp=y|page=Vol. I. Plate 44|date=1829|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Zoological_Illustrations_Series_II/Plate_44|access-date=24 October 2013}}
Distribution
P. guttatum can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from eastern Florida to Colombia and the Virgin Islands.Felder, Darryl L & Sylvia A. Earle. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Biodiversity. Corpus Christi, TX: Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Press, 2009. 659.
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Category:Gastropods described in 1817
Category:Fauna of the Caribbean
Category:Fauna of the Dominican Republic
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