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Joculator gemmae

Joculator gemmae is a species of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae. It was described by Cecalupo and Perugia in 2012.

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Joculator gemmae
Shell of Joculator gemmae (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Joculator
Species:
J. gemmae
Binomial name
Joculator gemmae

Joculator gemmae is a species of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.1 It was described by Cecalupo and Perugia in 2012.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.

References

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.