''Joculator granatus'' is a

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of small

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, a marine

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in the

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Cerithiopsidae Cerithiopsidae is a family of very small sea snails in the informal group Ptenoglossa. Members of this family are known as cerithiopsids.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithiopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Re ...

.Gofas, S. (2014). Joculator granatus Kay, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=761665 on 2014-12-07 The species was described by Kay in 1979.

References

* Cecalupo A. & Robba E. (2010) ''The identity of Murex tubercularis Montagu, 1803 and description of one new genus and two new species of the Cerithiopsidae (Gastropoda: Triphoroidea).'' Bollettino Malacologico 46: 45-64 Gastropods described in 1979 granata {{Cerithiopsidae-stub