Prodotia iostoma

Prodotia iostoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.[1]

Prodotia iostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Pisaniidae
Genus:
Prodotia
Species:
P. iostoma
Binomial name
Prodotia iostoma
(Gray, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum marmoratum Reeve, 1846 (non-Link, 1807)
  • Cantharus iostoma (Gray, 1834)
  • Cantharus iostomus [sic] (misspelling)
  • Fusus (Pisania) desmoulinsi Montrouzier, 1864
  • Fusus desmoulinsi Montrouzier, 1864
  • Phos billeheusti Petit de la Saussaye, 1853
  • Pisania billeheusti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
  • Pollia marmorata (Reeve, 1846)
  • Prodotia iostomus [sic]
  • Triton iostoma Gray, 1834 (original combination)

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and the Mascarenes; off New Zealand.

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References
  1. Prodotia iostoma (Gray, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  • Petit de la Saussaye S. (1853). Notice sur le genre Phos de Denys de Montfort, avec la description de deux espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 3: 235–245, pl. 8.
  • Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
  • Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. pp. 16–52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376
  • Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
  • Kay, E.A. (1979) Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4: Mollusca. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publications, 64, xviii + 1–653.
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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