Caducifer truncatus

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Caducifer truncatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Prodotiidae.[1]

Caducifer truncatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Prodotiidae
Genus: Caducifer
Species:
C. truncatus
Binomial name
Caducifer truncatus
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Caducifer truncata [sic] (misspelling)
  • Pisania truncatus Hinds
  • Triton truncatus Hinds, 1844 (basionym)

Description

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Shell size 17 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll and the Mascarene Basin.Western Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Caducifer truncatus (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 July 2012.
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 114
  • Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. pp. 16–52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.