Caducifer truncatus

Caducifer truncatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
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)

Caducifer truncatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Distribution

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

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