''Ceratoxancus'' is a
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of
sea snails,
marine
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the
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Costellariidae
Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.
This family of snails is also sometimes referred to as ''Vexillum'' miters. The main family o ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ceratoxancus'' include:
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Ceratoxancus basileus
''Ceratoxancus basileus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia
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Kantor & Bouchet, 1997
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Ceratoxancus elongatus
''Ceratoxancus elongatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae
Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, mar ...
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Sakurai, 1958
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Ceratoxancus leios
''Ceratoxancus leios'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia
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Kantor & Bouchet, 1997
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Ceratoxancus lorenzi
''Ceratoxancus lorenzi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae
Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine ...
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Poppe, Tagaro & Sarino, 2012[Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S. P., Sarino, J. C. (2012). ''A new'' Ceratoxancus ''(Gastropoda: Ptychatractidae), from the Philippines.'' Visay]
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: 29-32.
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Ceratoxancus melichrous
''Ceratoxancus melichrous'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia
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Kantor & Bouchet, 1997
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Ceratoxancus niveus
''Ceratoxancus niveus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia
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Kantor & Bouchet, 1997
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Ceratoxancus teramachii
''Ceratoxancus teramachii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae
Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, ma ...
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Kuroda, 1952
Classification
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Turbinelloidea (Superfamily) > Costellariidae (Family) > Ceratoxancus (Genus)
References
* 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
External links
Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626
Costellariidae
Gastropod genera
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