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] | |
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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.
References
- 1 2 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.
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