Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Order Seguenziida > Superfamily Seguenzioidea > Family Pendromidae > Genus Rugulina

Rugulina fragilis (G. O. Sars, 1878)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Adeorbis S. V. Wood, 1842

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rugulina*	Palazzi, 1988	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Tornus fragilis*	(G. O. Sars, 1878)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Giusti F., Sbrana C. & Romani L. (2015). First record of Rugulina fragilis (Sars G.O., 1878) from the Mediterranean Sea (Mollusca Gastropoda Pendromidae). Biodiversity Journal. 6 (1): 79-82.
additional source	Hoffman, L.; Gofas, S.; Freiwald, A. (2020). A large biodiversity of “skeneimorph” (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) species from the South Azorean Seamount Chain, with the description of seventeen new species. Iberus. 38 (supplement 9): 1-82.
new combination reference	Warén, A. (1991). New and little known Mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia. Sarsia. 76(1-2): 53-124.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rugulina fragilis (G. O. Sars, 1878). 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:140718