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Joculator simulans

Joculator simulans is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cerithiopsidae.

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Jul 15, 2026
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Joculator simulans
Shell of Joculator simulans (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. simulans
Binomial name
Joculator simulans

Joculator simulans is a species of small 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 the Philippines.

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. (2017). Cerithiopsidae and Newtoniellidae (Gastropoda: Triphoroidea) from New Caledonia, western Pacific. Visaya. suppl. 7: 1–175