Joculator violaceus is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1]
Joculator violaceus | |
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Shell of Joculator violaceus (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Family: | Cerithiopsidae |
Genus: | Joculator |
Species: | J. violaceus
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Binomial name | |
Joculator violaceus Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
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The species was described by Cecalupo and Perugia in 2012.
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea .
References
edit- 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