Rubyspira

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| image = Rubyspira.png

| image_caption = Shell of Rubyspira from São Paulo Ridge

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Mollusca

| classis = Gastropoda

| unranked_superfamilia= clade Caenogastropoda

| superfamilia = Abyssochrysoidea

| familia = unassigned

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| genus = Rubyspira

| genus_authority = Johnson, Warén, Lee, Kano, Kaim, Davis, Strong & Vrijenhoek, 2010Johnson 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. [http://www.biolbull.org/content/219/2/166.long HTML].

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| diversity = 2 species

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Rubyspira is a genus of deep water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks unclassified in the family within the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea.

Distribution

They are known from Monterey Bay, California.

Species

Species within the genus Rubyspira include:

  • Rubyspira goffrediae Johnson, Warén, Lee, Kano, Kaim, Davis, Strong & Vrijenhoek, 2010
  • Rubyspira osteovora Johnson, Warén, Lee, Kano, Kaim, Davis, Strong & Vrijenhoek, 2010 - type species of the genus Rubyspira
  • Rubyspira from São Paulo Ridge (undescribed species)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}}.

Ecology

They are specialized bone-eating snails on whale falls. They were found on carcass of gray whale. Their main food source are bones of whales.

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Category:Caenogastropoda

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