Biology:Joculator occultus

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Joculator occultus
Joculator occultus (MNHN-IM-2014-6555).jpeg
Shell of Joculator occultus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Joculator
Species:
J. occultus
Binomial name
Joculator occultus
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012

Joculator occultus is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1]

The species was described by Cecalupo and Perugia in 2012.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.

References

  • Cecalupo A. & Perugia I. (2012) Family Cerithiopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 in the central Philippines (Caenogastropoda: Triphoroidea). Quaderni della Civica Stazione Idrobiologica di Milano 30: 1-262.
  • Cecalupo A. & Perugia I. (2018). New species of Cerithiopsidae (Gastropoda: Triphoroidea) from Papua New Guinea (Pacific Ocean). Visaya. suppl. 11: 1-187.

Wikidata ☰ Q6207725 entry