Ceratoxancus melichrous

Ceratoxancus melichrous is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae.[2]

Ceratoxancus melichrous
Shell of Ceratoxancus melichrous (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Turbinelloidea
Family:
Costellariidae
Genus:
Ceratoxancus
Species:
C. melichrous
Binomial name
Ceratoxancus melichrous
Kantor & Bouchet, 1997[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References
  1. Kantor Yu.I., Bouchet Ph., 1997a. The anatomy and systematics of Ceratoxancus, a genus of deep-water Ptychatractinae (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae) with labral spine. Veliger, 40(2): 101–120.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  2. Ceratoxancus melichrous Kantor & Bouchet, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.


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