Caducifer truncatus

Caducifer truncatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Prodotiidae
Genus:	Caducifer
Species:	C. truncatus
Binomial name
	Caducifer truncatus; (Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms
	Caducifer truncata [sic] (misspelling); Pisania truncatus Hinds; Triton truncatus Hinds, 1844 (basionym);

Caducifer truncatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Prodotiidae.^[1]

Description

Shell size 17 mm.

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll and the Mascarene Basin.Western Australia.

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