{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Rubyspira.png | image_caption = Shell of ''Rubyspira'' from São Paulo Ridge | display_parents = 2 | parent_authority = Kaim, 2022 | taxon = Rubyspira | authority = Johnson, Warén, Lee, Kano, Kaim, Davis, Strong & Vrijenhoek, 2010<ref name="Johnson 2010">Johnson 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].</ref> | diversity_ref = <ref name="Johnson 2010"/> | diversity = 2 species }}
'''''Rubyspira''''' is a genus of deep water sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs, the only genus in family '''Rubyspiridae'''<ref>={{cite WoRMS |year=2026 |title=Rubyspiridae Kaim, 2022 |id=1601922 |access-date=2 March 2026 |db=MolluscaBase}}</ref> within the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea.<ref name="Johnson 2010"/>
==Distribution== They are known from Monterey Bay, California.<ref name="Johnson 2010"/>
==Species== Species within the genus ''Rubyspira'' include: * ''Rubyspira goffrediae'' Johnson, Warén, Lee, Kano, Kaim, Davis, Strong & Vrijenhoek, 2010<ref name="Johnson 2010"/> * ''Rubyspira osteovora'' Johnson, Warén, Lee, Kano, Kaim, Davis, Strong & Vrijenhoek, 2010 - type species of the genus ''Rubyspira''<ref name="Johnson 2010"/> * ''Rubyspira'' from São Paulo Ridge (undescribed species)<ref>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}}.</ref>
==Ecology== They are specialized bone-eating snails on whale falls.<ref name="Johnson 2010"/> They were found on carcass of gray whale.<ref name="Johnson 2010"/> Their main food source are bones of whales.<ref name="Johnson 2010"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Taxonbar|from1=Q18603182|from2=Q115794083}}
Category:Caenogastropoda Category:Gastropod genera Category:Necrophages Category:Carcass-fall taxa Category:Taxa named by Anders Herman Warén Category:Taxa named by Yasunori Kano Category:Taxa named by Scott Johnson
{{Caenogastropoda-stub}}