Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Volutoidea > Family Marginellidae > Subfamily Pruninae

Prunum Herrmannsen, 1852

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Prunum bayonai T. Cossignani, 2009
Prunum estefaniae Pérez-Dionis, Ortea & Espinosa, 2009
Prunum javii Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2013
Prunum montseae Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2014
Prunum nataliae Pérez-Dionis, Ortea & Espinosa, 2009
Prunum olivaeforme (Kiener, 1834)
Prunum pacotalaverai Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2014
Prunum similerato Ortega & Gofas, 2019

Literature

original description	Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. [i-xxviii + 1-104: 1 Sep 1846; 105-232: 1 Dec 1846; 233-360: 1 Mar 1847; 361-488: 18 Apr 1847; 489-616: 25 May 1847; 617-637: 17 Jul 1847]; 2: 1-717, xxix-xlii pp. [1-104: 17 Jul 1847; 105-232: 8 Sep 1847; 233-352: 7 Dec 1847; 353-492: 18 Feb 1848; 493-612: Feb 1849; 613-717 + xxix-xliii: Mar 1849]; Supplementa et corrigenda: i-v, 1-140 pp. [Dec 1852].
additional source	Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.
status source	Coovert, G. A.; Coovert, H. K. (1995). Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods. The Nautilus. 109(2-3): 43-100.
taxonomy source	Nehm, R. H. (2001). Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic, 21. The genus Prunum (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology. 359: 7-70.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Prunum Herrmannsen, 1852. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160009