Ceratoxancus melichrous is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae.[2]
| Ceratoxancus melichrous | |
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| Shell of Ceratoxancus melichrous (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Ceratoxancus |
| Species: | C. melichrous
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| Ceratoxancus melichrous Kantor & Bouchet, 1997[1]
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Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References
edit- ^ Kantor Yu.I., Bouchet Ph., 1997a. The anatomy and systematics of Ceratoxancus, a genus of deep-water Ptychatractinae (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae) with labral spine. Veliger, 40(2): 101–120.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ^ Ceratoxancus melichrous Kantor & Bouchet, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.