Joculator Violaceus

Joculator violaceus
Shell of Joculator violaceus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Family:	Cerithiopsidae
Genus:	Joculator
Species:	J. violaceus
Binomial name
Joculator violaceus Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012

Joculator violaceus is a species of minute 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 Papua New Guinea .

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

Wikidata ☰ Q6207784 entry

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