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Ceratoxancus basileus

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Ceratoxancus basileus
Shell of Ceratoxancus basileus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Ceratoxancus
Species:
C. basileus
Binomial name
Ceratoxancus basileus
Kantor & Bouchet, 1997[1]

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

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

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  • 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.