Biology:Joculator alligatus

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Joculator alligatus
Joculator alligatus (MNHN-IM-2014-6575).jpeg
Shell of Joculator alligatus (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. alligatus
Binomial name
Joculator alligatus
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012

Joculator alligatus is a species of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1]

The species was first 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. (2017). Cerithiopsidae and Newtoniellidae (Gastropoda: Triphoroidea) from New Caledonia, western Pacific. Visaya. suppl. 7: 1-175
  • Cecalupo A. & Perugia I. (2018). New species of Cerithiopsidae (Gastropoda: Triphoroidea) from Papua New Guinea (Pacific Ocean). Visaya. suppl. 11: 1-187.

Wikidata ☰ Q6207635 entry