Ceratoxancus niveus

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

Ceratoxancus niveus
Shell of Ceratoxancus niveus (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. niveus
Binomial name
Ceratoxancus niveus
Kantor & Bouchet, 1997[1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

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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 niveus Kantor & Bouchet, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.


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