Joculator gemmae is a species of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1] It was described by Cecalupo and Perugia in 2012.
Joculator gemmae | |
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Shell of Joculator gemmae (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Family: | Cerithiopsidae |
Genus: | Joculator |
Species: | J. gemmae
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Binomial name | |
Joculator gemmae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
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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.